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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2006
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Act titles 2
4 Omission of date of passing in reprint of Act 2
5 New section 54A inserted 2
54A Style changes 2
6 New Schedule 1 inserted 3
SCHEDULE 1--Style Changes 3
7 Repeal of Act 4
ENDNOTES 5
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Introduced in the Assembly
A BILL
to amend the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 to provide for
style changes in Acts and statutory rules and for other purposes.
Interpretation of Legislation
Amendment Act 2006
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The main purpose of this Act is to provide for the
updating of Acts and statutory rules to bring them
into conformity with current drafting style.
5 2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on
which it receives the Royal Assent.
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3 Act titles
See: After section 10(2) of the Interpretation of
Act No.
10096. Legislation Act 1984 insert--
Reprint No. 8
as at '(2A) The Clerk of the Parliaments must alter the
7 June 2006.
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title appearing before the enacting words (or,
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in a Bill that is to be presented to the
Governor for the Royal Assent by
substituting the word "Act" for the word
10 "Bill".
(2B) The alteration of a Bill to give effect to
subsection (2A) is not to be taken to be an
amendment of the Bill.'.
4 Omission of date of passing in reprint of Act
15 After section 21A(2) of the Interpretation of
Legislation Act 1984 insert--
"(3) In reprinting an Act the Government Printer
may omit the indorsement on the Act of the
date of its passing.
20 (4) Nothing in subsection (3) affects the status of
the indorsement as part of the Act.
Note
See Constitution Act 1975, section 69.".
5 New section 54A inserted
25 After section 54 of the Interpretation of
Legislation Act 1984 insert--
"54A Style changes
(1) Schedule 1 sets out style changes in Acts and
statutory rules.
30 (2) The Chief Parliamentary Counsel, in
preparing an Act or statutory rule for
reprinting or other publication, may
authorise an alteration to be made to text or
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other matter forming part of the Act or
statutory rule to give effect to the style
changes set out in Schedule 1.
(3) An alteration made to an Act under
5 subsection (2) has effect for all purposes,
other than section 21A(2) of this Act, as if it
had been made by an Act.
(4) An alteration made to a statutory rule under
subsection (2) has effect for all purposes,
10 other than section 18(2) of the Subordinate
Legislation Act 1994, as if it had been made
by a statutory rule.".
6 New Schedule 1 inserted
After Part IV of the Interpretation of Legislation
15 Act 1984 insert--
'SCHEDULE 1
Section 54A
STYLE CHANGES
1 For an expression specified in column 1 of
the Table substitute the expression specified
20 opposite it in column 2 of the Table--
Table
column 1 column 2
old style new style
Sub-division Subdivision
sub-section subsection
sub-paragraph subparagraph
sub-sub-paragraph sub-subparagraph
sub-clause subclause
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column 1 column 2
old style new style
sub-sub-clause sub-subclause
sub-regulation subregulation
sub-rule subrule
2 For a Division or Subdivision heading that is
not formatted using a style under which only
the first letter of the initial word and of any
proper noun is capitalised substitute that
5 heading formatted using that style.
3 For a note at the foot of a provision that is not
formatted under the heading "Note" or
"Notes" substitute that note under the
heading "Note" or "Notes" (according to
10 whether there is more than one note at the
foot of the provision).
4 In a note that is reformatted in accordance
with clause 3 omit the expression "Note:" and
any number contained within that expression
15 and insert that number (if any) at the
beginning of the note.
5 Omit any double quotation marks around a
defined word or defined expression.
Note
20 Defined words and expressions are printed in bold
italics.
6 Omit the full stop immediately following the
provision number at the beginning of a
provision.'.
25 7 Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its
commencement.
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Endnotes
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ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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