ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 11A Inserting definitions into provisions or inserting items into lists or tables

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 11A

Inserting definitions

  (1)   If an amending Act inserts a definition in a provision of the Act being amended, but does not specify the position in that provision where it is to be inserted, it is to be inserted in the appropriate alphabetical position, determined on a letter - by - letter basis.

Inserting items into lists or tables

  (2)   If:

  (a)   an amending Act inserts an item into a list or table in a provision of the Act being amended, but does not specify the position in the list or table where the item is to be inserted; and

  (b)   immediately before the insertion, the list or table was arranged alphabetically;

the item is inserted in the appropriate alphabetical position, determined on a letter - by - letter basis.