STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 - SECT 14 Applicable provisions

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 - SECT 14

14 Applicable provisions

(1) Subject to this division, a provision of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 mentioned in schedule 1 applies to a statutory instrument, and to matters authorised or required to be done by a statutory instrument, in the same way as it applies to an Act, and matters authorised or required to be done by an Act, as if—

(a) a reference to an Act included a reference to a statutory instrument; and

(b) a reference to enactment or passage included a reference to making.

(2) A copy of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 showing the text of the Act as it applies to a statutory instrument because of this Act may be authorised by the parliamentary counsel.

(3) If a copy mentioned in subsection (2) is authorised under that subsection, the copy—

(a) is to indicate that fact in a suitable place; and

(b) is a reprint authorised by the parliamentary counsel under the Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 10A .