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Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2015
No. of 2015
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 2
3 Principal Act 2
4 Citation of Acts by title 2
5 Provision as to effect of repeal etc. of Acts 2
6 Citation of references in Acts 2
7 Definitions 3
8 New section 38EA inserted 3
9 Construction of power to delegate 4
10 Schedule 1--style changes 4
11 Repeal of amending Act 5
Endnotes 6
1 General information 6
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The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984--
(a) to include new definitions and interpretive
provisions to improve the operation of that
Act; and
(b) to provide for the updating of Acts and
statutory rules to bring them into conformity
with current drafting style.
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2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on 1 July 2015.
3 Principal Act
In this Act, the Interpretation of Legislation Act
1984 is called the Principal Act.
4 Citation of Acts by title
After section 10(2) of the Principal Act insert--
"(2AA) A citation of an Act by the title appearing
before the enacting words or, if there is a
preamble, before the preamble, being a
citation that is in italics without bolding, is
sufficient for the purposes of
subsection (1).".
5 Provision as to effect of repeal etc. of Acts
(1) After section 14(2)(e) of the Principal Act
insert--
"(ea) affect any immunity or indemnity conferred
or given by or under that Act or provision;".
(2) For section 14(2)(g) of the Principal Act
substitute--
"(g) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or
remedy in respect of anything mentioned in
paragraphs (e) to (f)--".
6 Citation of references in Acts
For section 19(1)(aa)(i) of the Principal Act
substitute--
"(i) if the Act contains Chapters and the Part
number is not a decimal number--as a
reference to the Part, designated by that
number, of the Chapter in which the
reference occurs; or
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(ia) if the Act contains Chapters and the Part
number is a decimal number--as a reference
to the Part, designated by that number, of the
Act in which the reference occurs; or".
7 Definitions
In section 38 of the Principal Act insert the
following definition--
"police officer has the same meaning as in the
Victoria Police Act 2013;".
8 New section 38EA inserted
After section 38E of the Principal Act insert--
"38EA Definition of registered medical
practitioner
(1) Unless the contrary intention appears, in an
Act or a subordinate instrument to which this
section applies--
registered medical practitioner means a
person registered under the Health
Practitioner Regulation National Law to
practise in the medical profession
(other than as a student).
(2) This section applies to--
(a) an Act that is passed, or a subordinate
instrument that is made, on or after
1 July 2015; or
(b) an Act that is passed, or a subordinate
instrument that is made, before 1 July
2015--
(i) into which a reference to
registered medical practitioner is
inserted on or after 1 July 2015;
and
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(ii) which does not contain a reference
to registered medical practitioner
immediately before 1 July 2015.".
9 Construction of power to delegate
In section 42A(1) of the Principal Act, before
paragraph (a) insert--
"(aa) the power to delegate does not include the
power to delegate that power of delegation;".
10 Schedule 1--style changes
(1) In clause 2 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act,
after "For a" insert "Part,".
(2) After clause 2 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act
insert--
"2A In the case of a Schedule that has a heading
designating the number of that Schedule and
a title of that Schedule, for that heading and
title substitute a heading combining that
heading and title, separated by an em rule,
and formatted using a style under which only
the first letter of the initial word and of any
proper noun is capitalised.
2B For a Schedule heading (other than a
Schedule heading to which clause 2A
applies), or a Part heading within a Schedule,
that is not formatted using a style under
which only the first letter of the initial word
and of any proper noun is capitalised
substitute that heading formatted using that
style.
2C In the case of a Form that has a heading
designating the number of that Form and a
title of that Form, for that heading substitute
a heading consisting of that heading and title,
separated by an em rule, and formatted using
a style under which only the first letter of the
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initial word and of any proper noun is
capitalised.".
(3) After clause 6 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act
insert--
"7 For a title of an Act or a statutory rule that is
not formatted in italics without bolding
substitute that title formatted using that
style.
8 Omit the line appearing at the end of a Part
indicating the end of the Part.".
11 Repeal of amending Act
This Act is repealed on 1 July 2016.
Note
The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of
the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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Endnotes
Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current
authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
Minister's second reading speech--
Legislative Assembly:
Legislative Council:
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 and for other purposes."
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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