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Minister's second reading
speech—
Legislative Assembly: 8 September 1994
Legislative Council: 19 October 1994
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to provide for the
management of feral and nuisance domestic animals, the regulation
of domestic animals and domestic animal businesses, to repeal the
Dog Act 1970 and for other purposes.".
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out
in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which
provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by
the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or
clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of
the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or
clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the
following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001
form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1
January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that
Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule;
sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or
after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes
inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on
or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January
2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was
passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms
part of that Act. See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether
inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers
include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See
section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13
October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to
be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another
legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at
the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items
will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section
36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other
material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.
Ss 4, 5(1), 6–21, 26–40, 41(4)(5), 43, Sch. 1 on
12.12.07: s. 2(1); ss 3, 5(2), 22–25, 41(1)–(3), 42, 44 on
1.9.09: Special Gazette (No. 298) 1.9.09 p. 1
on 1.7.18: s. 2(4); s. 109 on 1.5.19: Special
Gazette (No. 145) 16.4.19 p. 1; ss 100, 104, 108 on 3.6.19: Special Gazette
(No. 145) 16.4.19 p. 1; ss 101–103, 105–107 on 1.7.19: s.
2(6); ss 22, 110–113 on 10.4.20: s. 2(2)
[1]S. 74AB def. of
relevant provision: The amendment proposed by section 106 of
the Domestic Animals Amendment (Puppy Farms and Pet Shops) Act 2017, No.
69/2017 is not included in this publication as the words "12A(1) or (2)" do not
appear in section 74AB, in paragraph (a) of the definition of relevant
provision.
In section 74AB of the Principal Act, in paragraph (a) of the
definition of "relevant provision", for "12A(1) or (2)"
substitute "12A(1), 12B, 12C".
[2]S. 84M(1): The amendment
proposed by section 8(1) of the Domestic Animals Amendment (Reuniting
Pets and Other Matters) Act 2022, No. 3/2022 is not included in
this publication as the words "a person or body" do not appear in
section 84M(1).