INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 22
References to enactment etc of Acts
INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 22
References to enactment etc of Acts
22 References to enactment etc of Acts
(1) In any Act or instrument, a reference to the enactment of an Act or the
passing of an Act is a reference to the fact of the Act's having received the
Royal Assent.
(2) The date purporting to be the date of assent to an Act, as
appearing on a copy of the Act that has been printed by the Government
Printer, is admissible in any legal proceedings as evidence of the date of
assent to the Act.
