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Telecommunications Act 1991
409Disallowance of instruments tabled after 14 November 1991 and before 31 December 1991
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##### 409 Disallowance of instruments tabled after 14 November 1991 and before 31 December 1991
(1) This section applies to an instrument that:
(a) was or is made under this Act, whether before, at or after the commencement of this section; and
(b) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and
(c) was or is laid before either House, or each House, of the Parliament after 14 November 1991 and before 31 December 1991.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the provisions of subsections 48(4), (5) and (5A) and 48B(1) and (2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, as applying in relation to the instrument because of section 46A of that Act, so apply as if each reference in those provisions to 15 sitting days were a reference to 5 sitting days.
(3) If, after the instrument was or is laid before a House of the Parliament, that House passes a resolution approving the instrument, the provisions of subsections 48(4), (5) and (5A) and 48B(1) and (2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, as applying in relation to the instrument because of section 46A of that Act, cease to apply in relation to the instrument in relation to that House.
(4) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the application of sections 48, 48A, 48B and 49 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 in relation to the instrument because of section 46A of that Act is not affected.