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Provisions) Bill (No 2) 1997
Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.*
(a)
to make minor amendments to various Acts and a regulation (Schedule
l), and
(b)
to amend certain other Acts for the purpose of effecting statute law
revision (Schedule 2), and
(c)
to replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral language
(Schedule 3), and
(d)
to repeal certain Acts (Schedule 4), and
(e)
to make other provisions of a consequential or ancillary nature
(Schedule 5).
* Amended in committee--see table at end of volume.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act.
Clauses 35 are machinery provisions that give effect to the Schedules to the
Act containing amendments, repeals and savings, transitional and other
provisions.
Clause 6 makes it clear that the explanatory notes contained in the Schedules
do not form part of the proposed Act.
Schedule 1 Minor amendments
Schedule 1 makes amendments to the following Acts and regulation:
Associations Incorporation Act 1984 No 143
Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 No 57
Co-operatives Act 1992 No 18
Co-operatives Amendment Act 1997 No 39
Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975 No 40
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 No 203
Evidence Act 1995 No 25
Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962 No 43
Fair Trading Act 1987 No 68
Fines Act 1996 No 99
Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1957 No 58
Food Act 1989 No 231
Law Foundation Act 1979 No 32
Mental Health Act 1990 No 9
Motor Accidents Act 1988 NO 102
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 No 80
Oaths Act 1900 No 20
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Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1971 No 53
Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Act 1996 No 13
Police Integrity Commission Act 1996 No 28
Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 No 60
Rural Fires Act 1997 No 65
State Authorities Superannuation Act 1987 No 211
State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 No 165
Status of Children Act 1996 No 76
Stock (Chemical Residues) Act 1975 No 26
Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 No 138
Trustee Companies Act 1964 No 6
Trustee Companies Regulation 1994
Unclaimed Money Act 1995 No 75
The amendments to each Act and to the regulation are explained in detail in
the explanatory note relating to the Act or regulation concerned set out in
Schedule 1.
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.
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Schedule 4 Repeals
Schedule 4 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, and also
repeals amending Acts enacted at least 20 years ago, the provisions of which
have not all been included in a reprint but which contain no provision of
substantive effect that needs to be retained. The Acts that were amended by
the Acts being repealed are up-to-date on the Legislation Database
maintained by the Parliamentary Counsel's Office and are available
electronically.
Schedule 5 General savings, transitional and other provisions
Schedule 5 contains savings, transitional and other provisions of a more
general effect than those set out in Schedule
The purpose of each provision is explained in detail in the explanatory note
relating to the provision concerned set out in Schedule 5.
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