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Provisions) Bill (No 2) 1995
Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.*
to make minor amendments to various Acts (Schedule l), and
to amend certain other Acts for the purpose of effecting statute law
revision (Schedule 2), and
to replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral language
(Schedule 3), and
to transfer certain savings and transitional and other provisions of
on-going effect from some amending Acts into the relevant Principal
Acts, so as to permit the repeal of the otherwise obsolete amending
Acts (Schedule 4), and
* Amended in committee--see table at end of volume.
(e)
to repeal certain Acts (Schedule 5), and
(f)
to make other provisions of a consequential or ancillary nature
(Schedule 6).
Clause 6 makes it clear that the explanatory notes contained in the
Schedules do not form part of the proposed Act.
Schedules
Schedule 1
Minor amendments
Schedule l makes amendments to the following Acts:
Australian Jockey Club Act 1873
Biological Control Act 1985 No 199
Catchment Management Act 1989 No 235
Clean Air Act 1961 No 69
Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 No 160
Dangerous Goods Act 1975 No 68
Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1989 No 15 1
Freedom of Information Act 1989 No 5
Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 No 35
Interpretation Act 1987 No 15
Justices Act 1902 No 27
Maritime Services Act 1935 No 47
Marketing of Primary Products Act 1983 No 176
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Mental Health Act 1990 No 9
Motor Accidents Act 1988 No 102
Ombudsman Act 1974 No 68
Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 No 60
Radiation Control Act 1990 No 13
Roman Catholic Church Trust Property Act 1936 No 24
Rural Lands Protection Act 1989 No 197
Soccer Football Pools Act 1975 No 45
Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Act 1975 (l976 No 4)
Schedule 2
Amendments by way of statute law revision
Schedule 2 amends certain other Acts for the purpose of effecting statute
law revision. A number of other amendments are made relating to formal
drafting matters and minor corrections.
The amendments to each Act are explained in detail in the explanatory note
relating to the Act concerned set out in Schedule 2.
Schedule 3
Amendments replacing gender-specific
language
Schedule 3 substitutes gender-neutral language for the gender-specific
language in various Acts. A policy of using gender-neutral language in New
South Wales legislation was formally announced by the Governor in his
speech for the opening of Parliament on 16 August 1983 and has been
strictly applied ever since. However, gender-specific language remains in
many of the statutes currently in force that were enacted before the policy
was implemented. It is intended that the statute law revision program will
continue the process of removing that language until it has all been replaced.
Schedule 4
Amendments transferring provisions
Schedule 4 transfers into their parent Acts a number of savings, transitional
and other provisions of on-going effect contained in certain amending Acts,
the other provisions of which have been incorporated in reprints or are spent.
The removal of those provisions from the amending Acts permits the repeal
(by Schedule 5 to the proposed Act) of those Acts.
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Schedule 5
Repeals
Schedule 5 repeals a number of Acts. Since the Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1985, the number of Acts in force has been gradually
reduced by repealing amending Acts once the amendments contained in the
Acts have been incorporated in a reprint. The Schedule continues this
process. It also repeals certain other amending Acts, the on-going provisions
of which are transferred (by Schedule 4) to their parent Acts and Acts that
are no longer of practical utility.
Schedule 6
General savings, transitional and other
provisions
Schedule 6 contains savings, transitional and other provisions of a more
general effect than those set out in Schedule 1.
The purpose of each provision is explained in detail in the explanatory note
relating to the provision concerned set out in Schedule 6.
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