Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 - SECT 38AA

References to Australian Standards, etc.

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.

(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.