5Printing, numbering, and publication of statutory rules

5 Printing, numbering, and publication of statutory rules

(1)  [Section 5 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 63 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:23 Mar 1998] After a statutory rule is made, it is to be –

(a) numbered in a manner approved by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel; and

(b) sent to a person approved in writing by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel under section 6(10) of the Legislation Publication Act 1996 for the purposes of production or distribution.

(2)  Where, by or under an Act, statutory rules (however described in that Act) are required to be published or notified in the Gazette, a notice in the Gazette of those statutory rules having been made and of the place where copies of them can be obtained and containing a statement indicating the general purport or effect of the statutory rules is a sufficient compliance with that requirement.

(3)  [Section 5 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 63 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:23 Mar 1998] A statutory rule that is produced with the omission of any formal or introductory parts is to contain, in a form the Chief Parliamentary Counsel approves –

(a) a reference to the Act or other authority under which it was made; and

(b) the date on which it was made; and

(c) the date on which it takes effect.

(4)  [Section 5 Subsection (4) amended by No. 99 of 1982, s. 3 and Sched. 2, Pt. II ][Section 5 Subsection (4) substituted by No. 63 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:23 Mar 1998] A statutory rule, or a reprint of a statutory rule under the Legislation Publication Act 1996 , that is produced in accordance with subsection (3) is taken in all circumstances and for all purposes to be a copy of that statutory rule or reprint, despite any omission of the formal or introductory parts.