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Acts Citation Act 1976

Act No. 37 of 1976

This compilation was prepared on 13 November 2000

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra



Contents
           1     Short title [see Note 1]    1
           2     Commencement     1
           3     Application of Act     1
           4     Repeal and substitution of sections     1
           5     Incorporation of amendments in reprints of Acts    2
           6     Short titles of amended Acts      2

Notes 4

An Act relating to the Citation of Acts

1  Short title [see Note 1]

            This Act may be cited as the Acts Citation Act 1976.

2  Commencement

            This Act shall come into operation on 1 July 1976.

3  Application of Act

            Section 2 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as amended and in
         force immediately before the commencement of this Act is amended by
         omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
      "(1)  Except so far as the contrary intention appears, this Act
             applies to all Acts, including this Act."

4  Repeal and substitution of sections

            Sections 10 and 10A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as
         amended and in force immediately before the commencement of this
         Act are repealed and the following section is substituted:

"10  References to amended or re-enacted Acts

            Where an Act contains a reference to a short title that is or
         was provided by law for the citation of another Act as originally
         enacted, or of another Act as amended, then, except so far as the
         contrary intention appears:
      (a)   the reference shall be construed as a reference to that other
             Act as originally enacted and as amended from time to time; and
      (b)   where that other Act has been repealed and re-enacted, with or
             without modifications, the reference shall be construed as
             including a reference to the re-enacted Act as originally
             enacted and as amended from time to time and, where, in
             connexion with that reference, particular provisions of the
             repealed Act are referred to, being provisions to which
             provisions of the re-enacted Act correspond, the reference to
             those particular provisions shall be construed as including a
             reference to those corresponding provisions."

5  Incorporation of amendments in reprints of Acts

      (1)   Section 2 of the Amendments Incorporation Act 1905 as amended
         and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act is
         amended by omitting subsection (2A) and substituting the following
         subsection:
      "(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to an amendment:
      (a)   deemed to have been made by the subsection for which this
             subsection was substituted by the Acts Citation Act 1976; or
      (b)   made by section 6 of that Act."

      (2)   Notwithstanding subsection (1), an amendment that was,
         immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, deemed to
         be in force by virtue of the provision omitted by subsection (1)
         continues in force, subject to section 6 and to any further
         amendment, or any repeal, coming into operation on or after that
         date.

6  Short titles of amended Acts

      (1)   Where:
      (a)   immediately before the commencement of this Act, an Act was in
             force as amended; and
      (b)   the Act, as so in force, contained, by virtue of an amendment
             deemed to have been made by subsection 2(2A) of the Amendments
             Incorporation Act 1905 as amended and in force at any time, a
             provision that the Act may be cited by a method of citation
             that contains figures referring to 2 years, that provision is
             amended by omitting so much of the method of citation as
             follows the reference to the first of those years.

      (2)   Where:
      (a)   immediately before the commencement of this Act, an Act was in
             force as amended; and
      (b)   the Act, as so in force, contained, by virtue of an amendment
             deemed to have been made by subsection 2(2A) of the Amendments
             Incorporation Act 1905 as amended and in force at any time, a
             provision that the Act may be cited by a method of citation
             that contains the word "Acts" immediately before figures
             referring to a year;
         that provision is amended by omitting the word "Acts" and
         substituting the word "Act".
Notes to the Acts Citation Act 1976

Note 1

Act No. 37, 1976; assented to 26 May 1976; commenced 1 July 1976.