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Subordinate Legislation Act 1994
16ALegislative instrument to be published in the Government Gazette
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16A Legislative instrument to be published in the Government Gazette
S. 16A(1) amended by No. 43/2012 s. 3(Sch. item 51).
(1) Subject to subsection (2), after the making of a legislative instrument, the instrument must be published in full—
(a) in the next general edition of the Government Gazette; or
(b) in a special edition of the Government Gazette within 10 working days after the making of the legislative instrument.
(2) If, in accordance with the guidelines, a legislative instrument is unsuitable to be published in full, notice of the making of the legislative instrument and where it is available must be published—
(a) in the next general edition of the Government Gazette; or
(b) a special edition of the Government Gazette within 10 working days after the making of the legislative instrument.
S. 16A(3) inserted by No. 47/2024 s. 16.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), for the purposes of that subsection, a legislative instrument is unsuitable to be published in full if—
(a) the legislative instrument is incompatible with the format of the Government Gazette; or
(b) the size of the legislative instrument makes it impractical to be published in full in the Government Gazette; or
(c) any other circumstances specified in the guidelines exist.
S. 16B inserted by No. 78/2010 s. 31.