Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1998 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1998

No. 2 of 1998

An Act to amend the Interpretation Act 1967

[Notified in ACT Gazette S120: 5 May 1998]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Short title

   This Act may be cited as the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1998.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.

3. Principal Act

   In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Interpretation Act 1967.1

4. Meaning of certain words

   Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1A) the following subsection:

“(1B)   Where an Act contains a reference, whether by name or description, to a particular committee of the Legislative Assembly and such a committee no longer exists, the reference shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as a reference to a committee of the Legislative Assembly nominated by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly by instrument for the purposes of the provision in which the reference occurs.”.

NOTE

Principal Act

1. Reprinted as at 31 December 1997.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 28 April 1998]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1998