Interpretation and Reprints Amendment Act 2010 (WA)

Western Australia

Interpretation and Reprints Amendment

Act 2010

Western Australia

Interpretation and Reprints Amendment

Act 2010

CONTENTS

Part 1 — Preliminary matters

1.	Short title	2
2.	Commencement	2
Part 2 — Interpretation Act 1984

amended

3.	Act amended	3
4.	Section 5 amended	3
5.	Section 13CA inserted	3

13CA. Local government districts, references to 3

6. Section 15A inserted 4

15A. Reference to a paragraph 4

7.	Section 52 amended	4
Part 3 — Reprints Act 1984 amended
8.	Act amended	5
9.	Section 7 amended	5

Western Australia

Interpretation and Reprints

Amendment Act 2010

No. 31 of 2010

An Act to amend the Interpretation Act 1984 and Reprints Act 1984.

[Assented to 25 August 2010]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Interpretation and Reprints Amendment Act 2010

Part 1	Preliminary matters
s. 1
Part 1 — Preliminary matters

1.             Short title

This is the Interpretation and Reprints Amendment Act 2010.

2.             Commencement

This Act comes into operation as follows —

(a)	sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;
(b)	the rest of the Act — on the day after that day.

Interpretation and Reprints Amendment Act 2010

Interpretation Act 1984 amended Part 2

s. 3

Part 2 — Interpretation Act 1984 amended

3.             Act amended

This Part amends the Interpretation Act 1984.

4.             Section 5 amended

(1)

In section 5 delete the definition of Gazette or Government

Gazette.

(2)

In section 5 insert in alphabetical order:

Gazette or Government Gazette means the government

gazette of Western Australia printed and published, or

purporting to be printed and published, by the

Government Printer and includes any supplement to

that gazette;

local government district has the meaning given by

section 13CA;

5.             Section 13CA inserted

After section 13B insert:

13CA. Local government districts, references to

(1)

In a written law —

local government district means a district under the

Local Government Act 1995.

(2)

A reference in a written law to a named local

government district is a reference to the local

government district that has that name under the Local

Government Act 1995.

[Examples: “Perth local government district” refers to the local government

district named Perth.

“Albany (Shire) local government district” refers to the local

government district named Albany (Shire).]

Interpretation and Reprints Amendment Act 2010

Part 2	Interpretation Act 1984 amended
s. 6

6.             Section 15A inserted

After section 15 insert:

15A. Reference to a paragraph

(1) In this section —

paragraph includes a subparagraph, item, subitem and

any other similar provision.

(2)

A reference in a written law to a paragraph includes a

reference to a conjunction after it connecting it to

another paragraph.

7.             Section 52 amended

In section 52(4) delete “notification” and insert:

nomination

Interpretation and Reprints Amendment Act 2010

Reprints Act 1984 amended Part 3

s. 8

Part 3 — Reprints Act 1984 amended

8.             Act amended

This Part amends the Reprints Act 1984.

9.             Section 7 amended

(1) After section 7(3)(c) insert:

(ca)

for words, or words and figures, that designate

a distance, weight, size, volume or other

physical quantity, an expression that designates

the same quantity by means of figures followed

by an abbreviation of the relevant unit of

measurement;

(2) After section 7(4) insert:

(4A) If in a series of 3 paragraphs in a written law —

(a)	“and” or “or” (the relevant conjunction) appears after the second paragraph; and
(b)	there is no conjunction after the first paragraph,

an authorised officer may insert the relevant

conjunction after the first paragraph.

(4B)

If in a series of 4 or more paragraphs in a written

law —

(a)	“and” or “or” (the relevant conjunction) appears after the paragraph that is next before the last paragraph; and
(b)	there is no conjunction after any preceding paragraph,

an authorised officer may insert the relevant conjunction after each preceding paragraph.

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Part 3	Reprints Act 1984 amended
s. 9

(4C)

For the purposes of subsections (4A) and (4B),

2 paragraphs that are separated by text other than a

paragraph of the same kind may be regarded as not

being in the same series of paragraphs even if their

designations are sequential.

(4D)

In subsections (4A) to (4C) —

paragraph includes a subparagraph, item, subitem and

any other similar provision.

(3) In section 7(5):

(a) in paragraph (c) delete “is designated.” and insert:

is designated;

(b)	after paragraph (c) insert:
(d) where in a provision a term that is being defined appears in bold italic text and begins with a definite or indefinite article, amend the provision to —

(i)      delete the article; or

(ii)      change the appearance of the text so that the article is not in bold or italics.