Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS ACT 2003 - SECT 33

             (1)  Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if a legislative instrument (the principal legislative instrument ) is amended:

                     (a)  by an Act; or

                     (b)  by another legislative instrument (the amending legislative instrument );

the Secretary must cause to be registered a compilation, in electronic form, in relation to the principal legislative instrument, as soon as practicable:

                     (c)  after the provision or provisions of that Act that amend that instrument have commenced; or

                     (d)  after the amending legislative instrument is registered and has commenced.

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  the Secretary causes a compilation to be registered in relation to a principal legislative instrument; and

                     (b)  an amending legislative instrument, the effect of which is incorporated within the compilation, is subsequently disallowed, in whole or in part; and

                     (c)  the effect of the disallowance is that:

                              (i)  a compilation is no longer required because the principal legislative instrument is no longer amended in any respect; or

                             (ii)  a compilation is still required but the compilation as registered ceases to represent the state of the law;

the Secretary must:

                     (d)  if a compilation is no longer required--cause the Register to be annotated to explain why a compilation is no longer required; and

                     (e)  if a compilation is still required but the compilation as registered ceases to represent the state of the law:

                              (i)  cause the Register to be annotated to explain why the compilation as registered has ceased to represent the state of the law; and

                             (ii)  cause to be registered, with effect from the date of the disallowance, a new compilation taking account of that disallowance.

             (3)  Subsections (1) and (2) do not require the registration of a compilation in relation to a principal legislative instrument until the registration of that principal legislative instrument occurs.