STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 - SECT 23
Statutory instrument may make provision by applying another document
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 - SECT 23
Statutory instrument may make provision by applying another document
(1) If an Act or statutory instrument (the
"authorising law" ) authorises or requires the making of a
statutory instrument with respect to a matter, a statutory instrument made
under the authorising law may make provision for the matter by applying,
adopting or incorporating (with or without modification) the provisions of—
(a) an Act, statutory instrument or other law; or
(b) another document
(whether of the same or a different kind);
as in force at a particular time or
from time to time.
(2) If a statutory instrument made after 1 January 1992
applies, adopts or incorporates the provisions of a document, the provisions
applied, adopted or incorporated are the provisions as in force from time to
time unless the statutory instrument expressly provides otherwise.
(3) In
this section—
"law" includes a law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a
foreign country.
