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FREE ACCESS TO COURTS ACT 1400 - NOTES

FREE ACCESS TO COURTS ACT 1400 - NOTES

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

If the republished law includes penalties, current information about penalty unit values appears on the republication inside front cover.

2     Abbreviation key

am = amended

ord = ordinance

amdt = amendment

orig = original

ch = chapter

p = page

cl = clause

par = paragraph

def = definition

pres = present

dict = dictionary

prev = previous

disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative

(prev...) = previously

Assembly

prov = provision

div = division

pt = part

exp = expires/expired

r = rule/subrule

Gaz = Gazette

reg = regulation/subregulation

hdg = heading

renum = renumbered

IA = Interpretation Act 1967

reloc = relocated

ins = inserted/added

R[X] = Republication No

LA = Legislation Act 2001

s = section/subsection

LR = legislation register

sch = schedule

LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996

sdiv = subdivision

mod = modified / modification

sub = substituted

No = number

SL = Subordinate Law

num = numbered

underlining = whole or part not commenced

o = order

or to be expired

om = omitted/repealed



3     Legislation history

This Act was originally a UK Act—(1400) 2 Hen 4 c 1 (UK). The Act was renamed as the Free Access to Courts Act 1400

when it was first republished under the Legislation Act 2001

.

The Act was in force in NSW immediately before 1 January 1911 (the date of establishment of the ACT) and was continued in force by the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909

(Cwlth), s 6.

Under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910

(Cwlth), s 4 the Act had effect in the ACT as if it were an ACT law (subject to ordinances made under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910

).

The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

(Cwlth), s 34 (4) converted most former UK laws in force in the ACT into ACT enactments. This allowed the ACT Legislative Assembly to amend and repeal the laws. This Act was converted into an ACT enactment on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).

Under the Interpretation Act 1967

(repealed), s 65 all former UK Acts in force in the ACT immediately before 10 November 1999 (including this Act) became, for all purposes, laws made by the ACT Legislative Assembly. This completed the process of making former UK Acts fully into ACT laws.

Free Access to Courts Act 1400 2 Hen 4 c 1

as amended by

Imperial Acts Application Act 1986

A1986-93 s 5 and sch 3 pt 6

notified 12 January 1987 (Cwlth Gaz 1986 No S1)

s 5 and sch 3 pt 6 commenced 12 January 1987 ( s 2 (1))

4     Amendment history

The Imperial Acts Application Act 1986

(the 1986 Act), sch 3, pt 6 set out the text of this Act in an amended form and provided for the amended form to apply as the text of the Act in force in the ACT (see 1986 Act

, s 5 (1), (4) and (5)).

Sections 1 to 3 (which confirmed the rights of the church and the rights, liberties and franchises granted by the King's predecessors) were omitted by the 1986 Act

because they were obsolete and unnecessary.

This Act has not been amended since the enactment of the 1986 Act

, except under the Legislation Act 2001

.

Name of Act

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© Australian Capital Territory 2002





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Republication No 1

Republication date: 5 July 2002















Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Free Access to Courts Act 1400 2 Hen 4 c 1 as in force on 5 July 2002. It includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law and any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 (Editorial changes).

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel's Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au

):

              • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001

applies

              • unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001

, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001

, section 95.

Penalties

The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—

(a) if the person charged is an individual—$100; or

(b) if the person charged is a corporation—$500.



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