Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 10A

                   Where an Act contains a reference to a short title or other citation that is or was provided by the law of a State or Territory for the citation of a law of that State or Territory as originally enacted or made, or as amended, then:

                     (a)  the reference shall be construed as a reference to that law as originally enacted or made and as amended from time to time; and

                     (b)  where that law has been repealed and re-enacted or re-made, with or without modifications, the reference shall be construed as including a reference to the re-enacted or re-made law as originally enacted or made and as amended from time to time; and

                     (c)  if a provision of that law is repealed and re-enacted or re-made (including where that law is repealed and re-enacted or re-made), with or without modifications, a reference to the repealed provision extends to any corresponding re-enacted or re-made provision.