Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 46AA

             (1)  If legislation authorises or requires provision to be made in
relation to any matter in an instrument that is neither a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 nor a rule of court, that instrument may, unless the contrary intention appears, make provision in relation to that matter:

                     (a)  by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, the provisions of any Act, or of any disallowable legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 , as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time; or

                     (b)  subject to subsection (2), by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter contained in any other instrument or writing as in force or existing at the time when the first‑mentioned instrument takes effect.

             (2)  Unless the contrary intention appears, the instrument may not make provision in relation to that matter by applying, adopting or incorporating any matter contained in an instrument or other writing as in force or existing from time to time.

Note:         This provision has a parallel, in relation to legislative instruments, in section 14 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 .