South Australian Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2001 - SECT 8A

8A—Numbering

        (1)         In order to maintain consistent numbering between this Act and the Gene Technology Act 2000 of the Commonwealth—

            (a)         if the Commonwealth Act contains a section that is not required in this Act, the provision number and heading to the section appearing in the Commonwealth Act are included in this Act despite the omission of the body of the section; and

            (b)         if this Act contains a section that is not included in the Commonwealth Act, the section is numbered so as to maintain consistency in numbering between sections common to both Acts.

        (2)         A provision number and heading referred to in subsection (1)(a) form part of this Act.

Notes—

1         A note appears under each heading of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(a) describing the omitted section of the Commonwealth Act.

2         A note appears under each section of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(b) highlighting the non-appearance of an equivalent section in the Commonwealth Act.

3         This section does not appear in the Commonwealth Act.