Version No. 016
Imperial Acts Application Act 1980
No. 9426 of 1980
Version incorporating amendments as at
30 August 2017
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1Short title, commencement and division
Part I—General
2Definition
3Transcribed enactments
4Enactment not affected by repeal
5Repeal
6Powers of the Governor in Council
Part II—Transcribed enactments
8Transcribed enactments
Division 1—Elections
Division 2—Habeas corpus
Division 3—Justice and liberty
Division 4—Monopolies
Schedule
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Endnotes
1 General information
2 Table of Amendments
3 Amendments Not in Operation
4 Explanatory details
Version No. 016
Imperial Acts Application Act 1980
No. 9426 of 1980
Version incorporating amendments as at
30 August 2017
An Act to make further provision with respect to certain enactments of the Parliament of England and of the Parliament of Great Britain and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in force at the time of the passing of the Act 9 George IV c. LXXXIII, to incorporate into the Statute Law of Victoria certain of such enactments, to amend the Imperial Acts Application Act 1922 and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):
1Short title, commencement and division
This Act may be cited as the Imperial Acts Application Act 1980 and shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation of the Governor in Council published in the Government Gazette and is divided into Parts and Divisions as follows:
Part I—General, ss 2-7
Part II—Transcribed Enactments, s. 8
Division 1—Elections
Division 2—Habeas corpus
Division 3—Justice and liberty
Division 4—Monopolies.
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Part I—General
2Definition
In the construction of this Part unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—
the expression enactment includes any Statute Ordinance or other Provision in the nature of a Statute or Ordinance set out as such in the editions of the Statutes hereinafter referred to and also includes any part of such Statute Ordinance or other Provision and also includes any Statute or part of a Statute made or passed in or since the reign of George the First and also includes any Schedule to any such enactment.
3Transcribed enactments
The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to the extent set out in Part II shall continue to have in Victoria whether separately or in combination with any unrepealed enactment or statutory provision such force and effect, if any, as they had at the commencement of this Act. In construing any such enactment where the whole Statute Ordinance or other Provision is not set out in full regard may be had to any part thereof not so set out. In the case of enactments made or passed prior to the reign of Henry VII the translation from the original Latin or Norman-French in Part II shall be deemed to be correct.…