Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 - SECT 9

Citation of Acts by number

9. Citation of Acts by number



(1) The Acts passed in each calendar year shall be numbered in regular
arithmetical series, beginning with the number 1, in the order in which they
receive or, for the purposes of section 69 of the Constitution Act 1975, are
deemed to have received the Royal Assent.



(2) It is sufficient to refer to an Act in-

   (a)  any other Act;

   (b)  a subordinate instrument;

   (c)  a deed or other instrument; or

   (d)  any other document whatsoever-

by-

   (e)  in the case of an Act passed before 1 January 1986, the number of that
        Act only; and

   (f)  in the case of an Act passed on or after 1 January 1986, the calendar
        year in which it was passed and its number among the Acts of that
        year.

(3) A failure to comply with subsection (1) in a calendar year (whether the
calendar year 2006 or any earlier or later calendar year) does not affect the
validity, operation or effect of an Act passed in that year.