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LEGISLATION PUBLICATION ACT 1996 - SECT 3

3. Interpretation

In this Act –

"Act" means an enactment of the Parliament of this State;
"current legislative drafting practice" means the legislative drafting practice for the time being in use in Tasmania;
"database" means the database referred to in section 5;
"law" means –

(a) an Act; and

(b) a statutory rule;

"made" includes enacted;
"minor error" means –

(a) a typographical error; or

(b) a grammatical error; or

(c) a spelling error; or

(d) an error of punctuation; or

(e) an error in cross-referencing to a provision of a law or other instrument;

"referential words" means any of the words specified in section 4 occurring in conjunction with a number to designate a provision of a law;
"reprint" includes consolidation;
"reprint change", in relation to an Act or statutory rule, means any change to that Act or statutory rule made under this Act or any other Act which authorised the reprint of Acts or statutory rules;
"statutory rule" has the same meaning as in the Rules Publication Act 1953.



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