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LEGISLATION (REPUBLICATION) ACT 1996 - SECT 1

Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996. 1

2     Commencement

    This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette .

3     Object of Act

    The object of this Act is to facilitate the updating and availability of laws.

4     Application of Act

    This Act applies in relation to a republication of a law, whether in printed or electronic form, that is—

        (a)     published by or on behalf of the Government Publisher; and

        (b)     authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel.

5     Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

“current legislative drafting practice” means the legislative drafting practices from time to time employed in the Parliamentary Counsel's Office;
“editorial amendment”, in relation to a law, has the meaning given by section 15;
“Government Publisher” means the person holding the office in the Public Service the duties of which involve publishing laws, and includes any person publishing laws for or by the authority of the Executive;
“law” means an Act or a subordinate law;
“Parliamentary Counsel” means the person holding the office of Parliamentary Counsel in the Public Service;
“referential expression” means any of the expressions set out in the Schedule occurring in conjunction with a number or letter, or both, to designate a provision of a law;
“republication”, in relation to a law, means a republication of the law in printed or electronic form, and “republish” has a corresponding meaning.

6     Role of Government Publisher

(1)     The Government Publisher may—

        (a)     republish, or arrange for the republishing of, laws; and

        (b)     arrange for the sale and distribution of republished laws.

(2)         For the purposes of this Act, a law republished pursuant to an arrangement referred to in paragraph (1) (a) is to be taken to have been republished on behalf of the Government Publisher.

7     Annotation of publishing

    An annotation to the effect that a republication of a law has been published by or on behalf of the Government Publisher is to be included in the republication.

8     Role of Parliamentary Counsel

(1)     A law is not to be republished pursuant to section 6 unless the Parliamentary Counsel has authorised the republication.

(2)     The parliamentary counsel may authorise the republication of 2 or more laws in a collection.

9     Annotation of authorisation

    An annotation to the effect that a republication of a law has been authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel is to be included in the republication.

Division 1—Substantive amendments


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