INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 - SECT 38AA References to Australian Standards, etc.
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 - SECT 38AA
References to Australian Standards, etc.(1) In an Act or subordinate instrument, a reference consisting of the words "Australian Standard" or the letters "AS" followed in either case by a number or a number accompanied by a reference to a calendar year is a reference to the standard so numbered published by or on behalf of Standards Australia.
S. 38AA(1A) inserted by No. 13/2006 s. 11.
(1A) In an Act or subordinate instrument, a reference consisting of the expression "Australian/New Zealand Standard" or "AS/NZS" followed in either case by a number or a number accompanied by a reference to a calendar year is a reference to the standard so numbered published jointly by or on behalf of Standards Australia and the Standards Council of New Zealand.
(2) In an Act or subordinate instrument, a reference to Standards Australia includes a reference to the Standards Association of Australia as constituted before 1 July 1999.
(3) In an Act or subordinate instrument, a reference to the Standards Association of Australia, so far as it relates to any period on or after 1 July 1999, is a reference to Standards Australia.
S. 38A
inserted by No. 80/1990 s. 98(1), amended by No. 37/1999
s. 58(Sch. 1 item 2.2), substituted by No. 44/2001 s. 3(Sch.
item 67).