Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An electronic copy of a law, republication or legislative material is an authorised version if—
(a) it is accessed at, or downloaded from, an approved web site in a format authorised by the parliamentary counsel; or
(b) it is authorised by the parliamentary counsel and is in the format in which it is authorised by the parliamentary counsel.
Example of authorised electronic format
a locked pdf file
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see s 126 and s 132).
(2) It is presumed, unless the contrary is proved—
(a) that an internet site purporting to be an approved web site is an approved web site; and
(b) that an electronic copy of a law, republication or legislative material accessed at, or downloaded from, an approved web site and purporting to be authorised by the parliamentary counsel (however expressed) is an authorised version of the law, republication or legislative material; and
(c) that any other electronic copy of a law, republication or legislative material purporting to be authorised by the parliamentary counsel (however expressed) is an authorised version of the law, republication or legislative material; and
(d) that an authorised electronic version of an Act or statutory instrument correctly shows the Act or instrument; and
(e) that an authorised electronic version of a republication of a law correctly shows the law as at the republication date; and
(f) that an authorised electronic version of legislative material correctly shows the material.
Examples of an electronic copy of a republication purporting to be authorised by the parliamentary counsel
1 The republication has the words ‘Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel' on the front cover and the words ‘Authorised when accessed at www.legislation.act.gov.au or in authorised printed form' at the foot of each page of the republication.
2 The republication has the words ‘Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel' on the front cover and the words ‘Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au' at the foot of each page of the republication.
Note A reference to an Act or statutory instrument includes a reference to a provision of the Act or instrument (see s 7 (3) and s 13 (3)). A reference to a republication includes a reference to part of a republication (see s 22A def republication ).