ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 14 Material that is, and is not, part of an Act

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 14

14 Material that is, and is not, part of an Act

(1) A heading to a chapter, part, division or subdivision of an Act is part of the Act .

(2) A heading to a section, subsection or another provision of an Act is part of the Act if—

(a) the Act is enacted after 30 June 1991; or

(b) the heading is amended or inserted after 30 June 1991.

(3) An example in an Act of the operation of a provision of the Act is part of the Act .

(4) A note in an Act to the Act or to a provision of the Act , as opposed to a footnote, an editor’s note or an endnote mentioned in subsection (7) , is part of the Act .

Example of a note—

See the note to section 2 .

Example of a footnote—

See the footnote to schedule 1 , definition
"Acting Governor" .

(5) A schedule or appendix of an Act is part of the Act .

(6) Punctuation in an Act is part of the Act .

(7) A footnote or editor’s note to an Act or to a provision of an Act, and an endnote to an Act, are not part of the Act .