5Printing, numbering, and publication of statutory rules

### 5 Printing, numbering, and publication of statutory rules > > (1)  [*\[Section 5 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 63 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:23 Mar 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-03-23/act-1997-063#JS1@Ja2@GC2@Hpa@EN) 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)](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1996-017#GS6@Gs10@EN) of the [Legislation Publication Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1996-017) 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)  [*\[Section 5 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 63 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:23 Mar 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-03-23/act-1997-063#JS1@Ja2@GC2@Hpb@EN) 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)  *\[Section 5 Subsection (4) amended by No. 99 of 1982, s. 3 and Sched. 2, Pt. II \]*[*\[Section 5 Subsection (4) substituted by No. 63 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:23 Mar 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-03-23/act-1997-063#JS1@Ja2@GC2@Hpb@EN) A statutory rule, or a reprint of a statutory rule under the [Legislation Publication Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1996-017) , 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.