In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

appointed day means the day fixed pursuant to section 1 (2) ;

enactment means –

(a) an Act or a provision of an Act; and

(b) an Imperial Act that applies in the State or a provision of such an Imperial Act –

and includes a regulation, rule, by-law, order, proclamation, or other document made or issued in the exercise of a power conferred by an Act, or by an Imperial Act, or by such a provision;

instrument means a document of whatever nature (not being an enactment, or a law of the Commonwealth, or a document made or having effect under such a law);

laws of the State means the laws in force in the State for the time being, whether written or unwritten, and documents made or having effect under those laws, but does not include a law of the Commonwealth or a document made or having effect under such a law.