INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 30C
Automatic repeal of amending Acts that have commenced
INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 30C
Automatic repeal of amending Acts that have commenced
30C Automatic repeal of amending Acts that have commenced
(1) In this section--
"amending Act" means--
(a) a whole Act that directly amends or repeals other
Acts or instruments and that contains no other provisions apart from
ancillary provisions, or
(b) a section or subsection of an Act, a schedule or
subschedule to an Act or a provision of any such schedule or subschedule that
directly amends or repeals other Acts or instruments and that contains no
other provisions apart from ancillary provisions.
"ancillary provision" of an amending Act means the long title of the Act, a
preamble to the Act, a provision that specifies the short title or name of the
Act, a provision that provides for the commencement of the Act, a provision
that declares that notes in the Act do not form part of the Act or a provision
that gives effect to or describes a schedule to the Act.
(2) An amending Act
is repealed on the day after all of its provisions have commenced (except as
provided by subsection (3)).
(3) If an amending Act commences before the date
of assent, the amending Act is repealed on the day after the date of assent.
(4) The repeal by this section of an amending Act does not, because of the
operation of section 30, affect any amendment or repeal made by the
amending Act.
(5) This section does not apply to an amending Act that makes
provision for the repeal of the amending Act.
(6) This section applies only
to an amending Act enacted after 1 January 2009.
