ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 33A
References to States include Territories
ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 33A
References to States include Territories
33A References to States include Territories
(1) In an Act, a reference to a State (other than a reference to Queensland or
a particular State by name) includes a reference to the Australian Capital
Territory and the Northern Territory.
Examples—
1 ‘A law of a State’
includes a law of the Australian Capital Territory and a law of the Northern
Territory.
2 ‘A law of the Commonwealth or another State’ includes a law
of the Australian Capital Territory and a law of the Northern Territory.
(2) Subsection (1) is not displaced merely because there is an express
reference to a Territory elsewhere in the Act .
(3) This section applies to
an Act (other than this Act) enacted before 1 July 1994 only if the Act
includes a definition to the effect that a reference to a State includes a
reference to a Territory.
