Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2001 - SECT 69

    (1)     If a subordinate law or disallowable instrument (the amended law ) is amended under section 68, the Speaker must ask the parliamentary counsel to notify the amendment.

    (2)     If the Speaker asks the parliamentary counsel to notify the amendment, the parliamentary counsel must—

        (a)     notify the amendment in the register; or

        (b)     if it is not practicable to notify the amendment in the register—notify the amendment in the gazette.

    (3)     If the Speaker asks the parliamentary counsel to notify the amendment on a particular day, the parliamentary counsel must notify the amendment on that day unless it is impracticable to do so.

    (4)     The amendment is notified in the register by entering in the register—

        (a)     a statement that the amendment of the amended law has been made under section 68; and

        (b)     the text of the resolution passed, or taken to have been passed, by the Legislative Assembly under section 68; and

        (c)     the day when the resolution was passed or taken to have been passed; and

        (d)     the day when the subordinate law or disallowable instrument is taken to be amended because of the resolution.

    (5)     The amendment is notified in the gazette by publishing in the gazette—

        (a)     a statement that the amendment of the amended law has been made under section 68; and

        (b)     the text of the resolution passed, or taken to have been passed, by the Legislative Assembly under section 68; and

        (c)     the day when the resolution was passed or taken to have been passed; and

        (d)     the day when the subordinate law or disallowable instrument is taken to be amended because of the resolution.

    (6)     If the amendment is notified in the gazette, the parliamentary counsel must enter in the register—

        (a)     a statement that the amendment of the amended law has been made under section 68; and

        (b)     a statement that the amendment was notified in the gazette on a stated date; and

        (c)     the text of the resolution passed, or taken to have been passed, by the Legislative Assembly under section 68; and

        (d)     the day when the resolution was passed or taken to have been passed; and

        (e)     the day when the subordinate law or disallowable instrument is taken to be amended because of the resolution.

    (7)     This section is a determinative provision.

Note     See s 5 for the meaning of determinative provisions, and s 6 for their displacement.