Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 - SECT 10

Citation of Acts by title

10. Citation of Acts by title



(1) An Act may be cited in -

   (a)  that Act or any other Act;

   (b)  a subordinate instrument;

   (c)  a deed or other instrument;

   (d)  any other document whatsoever-

by-

   (e)  the short title authorized by that Act whether or not that Act or the
        provision of that Act authorizing that form of citation has come into
        operation or has been repealed; or





   (f)  if there is no short title authorized by that Act, the title appearing
        before the enacting words or, if there is a preamble, before the
        preamble, whether or not that Act has come into operation or has been
        repealed.

(2) The title of an Act appearing before the enacting words or, if there is a
preamble, before the preamble, forms part of the Act if there is no short
title authorized by the Act.

(2A) The Clerk of the Parliaments must alter the title appearing before the
enacting words (or, if there is a preamble, before the preamble) in a Bill
that is to be presented to the Governor for the Royal Assent by substituting
the word "Act" for the word "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.

(3) If an Act passed on or after 1 September 1985 does not authorize its
citation by a short title, the long title of the Bill for the Act does not
form part of the Act.