ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - NOTES
ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - NOTES
No. 25 of 1998
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 January 2021
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No. 25 of 1998
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 January 2021
Endnotes
1 General information
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Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 17 March 1998
Legislative Council: 21 April 1998
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill relating to the safety of electricity supply and use and the efficiency of electrical equipment, to repeal the Electric Light and Power Act 1958, to amend certain other Acts and for other purposes."
The Electricity Safety Act 1998 was assented to on 12 May 1998 and came into operation as follows:
Part 1 (sections 1–5) on 12 May 1998: section 2(1); Part 2 (sections 6–29), Part 3 Division 4 (sections 46–49), sections 121–127, 129–140, Part 12 Division 4 (sections 146–148), sections 157–159, 163(1)(a)–(c)(2), 164, 165(1)–(4)(6), 166–170 on 1 July 1998: Special Gazette (No. 65) 30 June 1998 page 2; sections 30–45, 50–69, 70(1)–(3)(5)(6), 71–74, 91–97, 128, 141, 152–156, 160, 161, 163(1)(d) and Schedule 1 on 3 May 1999: Government Gazette 29 April 1999 page 967; sections 70(4), 75–90, 98–120, 142–145, 149–151, 162, 163(1)(e)–(i), 165(5) on 31 December 1999: section 2(3).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
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.
See
section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Electricity Safety Act 1998 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998
Assent Date: |
26.5.98 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Safety Act 1998 |