Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (Vic)

Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2007

No. 2 of 2007

table of provisions

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Act titles

4Omission of date of passing in reprint of Act

5New section 54A inserted

54AStyle changes

6New Schedule 1 inserted

SCHEDULE 1—Style Changes

7Repeal of Act

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Endnotes

Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2007

No. 2 of 2007

[Assented to 6 March 2007]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The main purpose of this Act is to provide for the updating of Acts and statutory rules to bring them into conformity with current drafting style.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Act titles

After section 10(2) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 insert—

'(2A)The Clerk of the Parliaments must alter the title appearing before the enacting words (or, if there is a preamble, before the preamble) in a Bill that is to be presented to the Governor for the Royal Assent by substituting the word "Act" for the word "Bill".

(2B)The alteration of a Bill to give effect to subsection (2A) is not to be taken to be an amendment of the Bill.'.

4Omission of date of passing in reprint of Act

After section 21A(2) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 insert—

"(3)In reprinting an Act the Government Printer may omit the indorsement on the Act of the date of its passing.

(4)Nothing in subsection (3) affects the status of the indorsement as part of the Act.

Note

See Constitution Act 1975, section 69.".

5New section 54A inserted

After section 54 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 insert—

"54AStyle changes

(1)Schedule 1 sets out style changes in Acts and statutory rules.

(2)The Chief Parliamentary Counsel, in preparing an Act or statutory rule for reprinting or other publication, may authorise an alteration to be made to text or other matter forming part of the Act or statutory rule to give effect to the style changes set out in Schedule 1.

(3)An alteration made to an Act under subsection (2) has effect for all purposes, other than section 21A(2) of this Act, as if it had been made by an Act.

(4)An alteration made to a statutory rule under subsection (2) has effect for all purposes, other than section 18(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994, as if it had been made by a statutory rule.".

6New Schedule 1 inserted

After Part IV of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 insert—

'SCHEDULE 1

Section 54A

Style Changes

1    For an expression specified in column 1 of the Table substitute the expression specified opposite it in column 2 of the Table—

Table

column 1

old style

column 2

new style

Sub-division

Subdivision

sub-section

subsection

sub-paragraph

subparagraph

sub-sub-paragraph

sub-subparagraph

sub-clause

subclause

sub-sub-clause

sub-subclause

sub-regulation

subregulation

sub-rule

subrule

2   For a Division or Subdivision heading 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.

3   For a note at the foot of a provision that is not formatted under the heading "Note" or "Notes" substitute that note under the heading "Note" or "Notes" (according to whether there is more than one note at the foot of the provision).

4   In a note that is reformatted in accordance with clause 3 omit the expression "Note:" and any number contained within that expression and insert that number (if any) at the beginning of the note.

5    Omit any double quotation marks around a defined word or defined expression.

Note

Defined words and expressions are printed in bold italics.

6    Omit the full stop immediately following the provision number at the beginning of a provision.'.

7Repeal of Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its commencement.

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Endnotes

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 20 December 2006

Legislative Council: 14 February 2007

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 to provide for style changes in Acts and statutory rules and for other purposes."