LEGISLATION ACT 2001 - SECT 17 References to Acts include references to former Cwlth enactments etc
LEGISLATION ACT 2001 - SECT 17
References to Acts include references to former Cwlth enactments etc(1) A reference to an "Act" includes a reference to a former Commonwealth enactment.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a reference to an "Act" includes a reference to a former NSW Act or former UK Act mentioned in schedule 1.
(3) In this section:
"former Commonwealth enactment "means a Commonwealth Act or ordinance, a New South Wales Act or Imperial Act that is—
(a) an enactment within the meaning of the Self-Government Act
because of that Act, section 34; or
(b) an enactment because of the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988
(Cwlth), section 10 (3) or section 12 (2) or (3).