Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 - SECT 54A

Style changes

54A. Style changes



(1) Schedule 1 sets out style changes in Acts and statutory rules.

(2) The Chief Parliamentary Counsel, in preparing an Act or statutory rule for
reprinting or other publication, may authorise an alteration to be made to
text or other matter forming part of the Act or statutory rule to give effect
to the style changes set out in Schedule 1.

(3) An alteration made to an Act under subsection (2) has effect for all
purposes, other than section 21A(2) of this Act, as if it had been made by an
Act.

(4) An alteration made to a statutory rule under subsection (2) has effect for
all purposes, other than section 18(2) of the
Subordinate Legislation Act 1994, as if it had been made by a statutory rule.