Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 139 of 2003 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 6 July 2009
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 54 of 2009
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may
be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and
Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra
Contents
Part 1--Preliminary 1
1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1
2............ Commencement .................................................................................. 1
2A......... Schedule(s) .......................................................................................... 2
3............ Object ................................................................................................. 2
4............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 2
5............ Definition--a legislative instrument ................................................... 5
6............ Instruments declared to be legislative instruments ............................. 6
7............ Instruments declared not to be legislative instruments ....................... 7
8............ Definition--power delegated by the Parliament .............................. 11
9............ Rules of court are not legislative instruments ................................... 11
10.......... Attorney‑General may certify whether an instrument is legislative instrument or not 11
11.......... Reconsideration and review of Attorney‑General's certificate ........ 12
12.......... When do provisions of legislative instruments take effect? ............. 15
13.......... Construction of legislative instruments ............................................ 16
14.......... Prescribing matters by reference to other instruments ..................... 17
15.......... Effect of repeal of legislative instrument .......................................... 17
Part 2--Drafting standards 19
16.......... Measures to achieve high drafting standards for legislative instruments 19
Part 3--Consultation before making legislative instruments 20
17.......... Rule‑makers should consult before making legislative instruments .. 20
18.......... Circumstances where consultation may be unnecessary or inappropriate 21
19.......... Consequence of failure to consult ..................................................... 21
Part 4--The Federal Register of Legislative Instruments 22
Division 1--The Register 22
20.......... Federal Register of Legislative Instruments ...................................... 22
21.......... Manner of keeping Register .............................................................. 22
22.......... The status of the Register and judicial notice of legislative instruments and compilations 23
23.......... Rectification of Register ................................................................... 23
Division 2--Registration of legislative instruments made, or treated as made, on or after commencing day 25
24.......... Legislative instruments required to be registered under this Division 25
25.......... Lodgment for registration under this Division .................................. 25
26.......... Explanatory statements .................................................................... 26
27.......... Registration under this Division ....................................................... 26
Division 3--Registration of certain legislative instruments made before commencing day 27
28.......... Legislative instruments required to be registered under this Division 27
29.......... Lodgment for registration under this Division .................................. 27
30.......... Registration under this Division ....................................................... 29
Division 4--Effect of registration 30
31.......... Effect of failure to register a legislative instrument required to be registered under Division 2 30
32.......... Effect of failure to lodge for registration a legislative instrument required to be registered under Division 3 30
Division 5--Compilations 32
33.......... Compilations to be registered ........................................................... 32
34.......... Secretary may require provision of compilations for registration purposes 33
35.......... Information to be included with a compilation ................................. 34
Division 6--Early backcapturing 35
36.......... Inclusion in database established in anticipation of the enactment of this Act 35
Part 5--Parliamentary scrutiny of legislative instruments 37
37.......... The purpose of the Part ................................................................... 37
38.......... Tabling of legislative instruments ..................................................... 37
39.......... Additional material to be tabled with the legislative instrument ...... 38
40.......... Regulations may specify manner of delivery of certain documents . 38
41.......... Incorporated material may be required to be made available ............ 38
42.......... Disallowance of legislative instruments ............................................ 39
44.......... Legislative instruments that are not subject to disallowance ............ 40
45.......... Effect of a legislative instrument ceasing to have effect ................... 43
46.......... Legislative instruments not to be remade while required to be tabled 44
47.......... Legislative instruments not to be remade while subject to disallowance 45
48.......... Disallowed legislative instruments not to be remade unless disallowance resolution rescinded or House approves .......................................................................................................... 46
Part 6--Sunsetting of legislative instruments 47
49.......... The purpose of the Part ................................................................... 47
50.......... The sunsetting of legislative instruments to which this Part applies 47
51.......... Attorney‑General may defer sunsetting in certain circumstances .... 49
52.......... Attorney‑General must lay lists of instruments due for sunsetting before each House of the Parliament 50
53.......... Resolution that instruments continue in force .................................. 51
54.......... Instruments to which this Part does not apply ................................ 51
Part 7--Miscellaneous 56
55.......... Instruments made but not finally dealt with before the commencing day 56
56.......... Relationship of certain gazettal requirements to registration requirements 57
57.......... Effect on existing tabling and disallowance requirements ................. 57
58.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 59
59.......... Review of operation of this Act ....................................................... 59
60.......... Review of operation of the sunsetting provisions ............................ 59
61.......... Existing references to Legislative Instruments Act ........................... 60
62.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 60
Schedule 1--Amendment of other legislation 61
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 61
Notes 63
An Act relating to the making, registration, Parliamentary scrutiny and periodic repeal of legislative instruments, and for related purposes
Notes to
the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003 Note 1 The
Legislative Instruments Act
2003 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 139, 2003
amended as indicated in the Tables below. The
Legislative Instruments Act
2003 was amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices)
(Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006 (No. 1) (SLI 2006 No. 50).
The amendment is incorporated in this compilation. For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving
or transitional provisions see Table A. Table of Acts
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Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
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139, 2003 |
17 Dec 2003 |
Ss. 3-62:
1 Jan 2005 |
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62, 2004 |
26 May 2004 |
Schedule 1 (items 46-50): (a) |
-- |
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|
Australian Federal Police and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004 |
64, 2004 |
22 June 2004 |
Schedule 2 (item 8): (b) |
-- |
|
Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Amendment Act 2006 |
44, 2006 |
22 May 2006 |
23 May 2006 |
-- |
|
Customs Legislation Amendment (New Zealand Rules of Origin) Act 2006 |
166, 2006 |
12 Dec 2006 |
1 Jan 2007 |
-- |
|
Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2007 |
21, 2007 |
15 Mar 2007 |
Schedules 1-3: 1 July 2007 (see
s. 2(1) and F2007L01653) |
-- |
|
61, 2007 |
15 Apr 2007 |
Schedule 1 (item 47A): Royal Assent |
-- |
|
|
150, 2007 |
24 Sept 2007 |
Schedule 1 (items 21, 22): 1 Jan 2008 (see F2007L04141) |
-- |
|
|
166, 2007 |
25 Sept 2007 |
Schedule 1 (items 1-8, 10, 13-16, 19, 21): 1 Jan 2008 (see F2007L04788) Remainder: Royal Assent |
-- |
|
|
20, 2008 |
26 May 2008 |
Schedule 2 (items 4-7): 1 July 2008 |
Sch. 2 (item 7) |
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|
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2008 |
125, 2008 |
25 Nov 2008 |
Schedule 3 (item 48): 26 Nov 2008 |
-- |
|
135, 2008 |
4 Dec 2008 |
Schedule 3 (item 8): [see Note 2] |
-- |
|
|
139, 2008 |
8 Dec 2008 |
Schedule 2 (item 2): 15 Dec 2008 (see F2008L04656) |
-- |
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|
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 |
54, 2009 |
25 June 2009 |
Schedule 5 (item 42): (c) |
-- |
(a) Subsection 2(1) (item 12) of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2004 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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12. Schedule 1, items 46 to 50 |
Immediately after the commencement of section 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. |
1 January 2005 |
(b) Subsection 2(1) (item 10) of the Australian Federal Police and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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10. Schedule 2, item 8 |
The later of: (a) the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of section 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur. |
1 January
2005
|
(c) Subsection 2(1) (item 13) of the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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13. Schedule 5, items 32 to 64 |
Immediately after the commencement of Part 2‑4 of the Fair Work Act 2009. |
1 July 2009 (see F2009L02563) |
Table of Amendments
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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Part 1 |
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S. 7...................................... |
am. Nos. 62 and 64, 2004; SLI 2006 No. 50; Nos. 20 and 139, 2008; No. 54, 2009 |
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Part 5 |
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S. 42.................................... |
am. No. 62, 2004 |
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S. 44.................................... |
am. No. 62, 2004; No. 166, 2006; Nos. 21, 150 and 166, 2007; No. 20, 2008 |
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Part 6 |
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S. 54.................................... |
am. No. 62, 2004; Nos. 44 and 166, 2006; Nos. 61, 150 and 166, 2007; Nos. 20 and 125, 2008 |
Note 2
Evidence Amendment Act 2008 (No. 135, 2008)
The following amendment commences on 4 December 2009 unless proclaimed earlier:
Schedule 3
8 At the end of Division 5 of Part 4
Add:
35A Incorporation of amendments in reprints of legislative instruments
(1) If the Government Printer reprints a legislative instrument that has been amended at any time, the instrument must be reprinted as amended by:
(a) any repeal or omission of words or figures; and
(b) any substitution of words or figures for any repealed or omitted words or figures; and
(c) any insertion of words or figures.
(2) If a legislative instrument prescribes a method of citing another legislative instrument (the amended instrument), the amended instrument is taken to be amended by omitting the citation of the amended instrument and substituting the prescribed method of citation.
(3) A reprint of an amended legislative instrument must include a reference to the amending legislative instrument or Act. The reference must be set out in the margin of, or in a footnote or endnote to, the reprint.
(4) In this section:
words includes Part, Division, Subdivision, heading, regulation, clause, subregulation, subclause, paragraph, subparagraph, sub‑subparagraph and Schedule.
As at 6 July 2009 the amendment is not incorporated in this compilation.
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Amendment Act
2008
(No. 20, 2008)
Schedule 2
7 Saving
Despite the amendments made to sections 44 and 54 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 by items 5 and 6 of this Schedule, those sections continue in force, after the commencement of this item, in relation to a section 28 notification (within the meaning of item 71 of Schedule 1) and a section 43 notification (within the meaning of item 72 of Schedule 1) as if those amendments had not been made.