INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 69
References to publications other than Acts or instruments
INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 69
References to publications other than Acts or instruments
69 References to publications other than Acts or instruments
(1) In any Act or instrument, a reference to a publication other than an Act
or instrument is a reference to the publication--
(a) if a particular day is
specified for that purpose in the Act or instrument--as in force or current on
that particular day, or
(b) in any other case--as in force or current on the
day on which the provision containing the reference took effect.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), a reference in any Act or instrument to a
publication extends to the publication, as in force for the time being--
(a)
if that intention appears in the Act or instrument, and
(b) where that
intention appears in the instrument--if the Act under which the instrument is
made provides that such instruments may apply, adopt or incorporate
publications, as in force for the time being.
