This act may be cited as the acts interpretation act 1915. Acts not to affect powers, rights or immunities of legislative assembly except by express provision 14. Statutory interpretation office of the information. National energy retail law queensland bill 2014 part 1 preliminary page 6 the parliament of queensland enacts part 1 preliminary 1 short title this act may be cited as the national energy retail law queensland act 2014. This act is like a dictionary and manual to use when reading and interpreting commonwealth acts and instruments made under commonwealth acts. Interpretation act 1987 no 15 new south wales historical version for 1. Acts interpretation act 1954 as at 31 january 2020 act. The act can be viewed at the queensland legislation website.
Change of ownership notification form queensland health. The legislative history at the back of the act provides detail about the past and future operation of the act. Acts interpretation act 1954 qut digital collections. This act may be cited for all purposes as the real property. If you use legislation then you should be familiar with the provisions of the acts interpretation act, including these recent changes. Acts interpretation act 1901 cth s15ab, acts interpretation act 1954 qld s14b, interpretation act 1987 nsw s34, interpretation of legislation act 1984 vic s35, interpretation act 1984 wa s19, acts. Industrial relations fair work act harmonisation and. Building and plumbing newsflash 567 department of housing.
Versions of this act includes consolidations, reprints and as passed versions history of this act please note. Federal register of legislation australian government. Note for the application of this act to statutory instruments, see the. Under section 48a of the acts interpretation act 1954 aia, if a form is. Queensland acts interpretation act 1954 current as at 15 august 2014 part 3general provisions applying to acts 9adeclaration of validity of certain laws each provision of an act enacted, or purporting to have been enacted, before the commencement of the australia acts has and always has had the same effect as it would have had.
Section 14b acts interpretation act 1954 qld sets out what constitutes extrinsic. The acts interpretation act 1901 is an interpretation act of the parliament of australia which establishes rules for the interpretation of australian acts and other legislation. The state of queensland office of queensland parliamentary counsel 20142020 ver. If an act requires or permits a document to be served on a person, the document may be served a.
Acts not to affect native title except by express provision b. Acts interpretation act 1954 an act to assist in the shortening and interpretation of queensland acts part 1 preliminary 1 short title this act may be cited as the acts interpretation act 1954. Section 222 of the acts interpretation act 1915 sa provides that s22 does not operate to create or extend any criminal liability. The notes at the end of this compilation the endnotes include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law. In any act, a reference to the law of the commonwealth, or to a law of the commonwealth, does not include, and is taken never to have included, a reference to a law in force in a territory so far as the law is so in force because of an act providing for the acceptance, administration or government of that territory. Acts interpretation act 1954 queensland legislation. Code act 1899 qld, as in force from time to time in nauru. Acts interpretation act 1954 view queensland legislation. This is a compilation of the acts interpretation act 1901 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 july 2016 the compilation date. Western australian legislation interpretation act 1984. Pdf versions of this legislation produced from 23 september 20 are authorised by the queensland parliamentary counsel.
The queensland legislation handbook outlines what is needed in drafting instructions for acts of parliament and subordinate legislation. The queensland legislation handbook outlines relevant policies, recommendations, information, and procedures for the making of law in the form of acts of parliament or subordinate legislation. See also power on the real property acts of queensland, p. Applying the legislation office of the information. Queensland legislation handbook department of the premier and. Practitioner regulation national law act 2009 of queensland. The act applies only to australian legislation, with each state and the selfgoverning territory having its own legislation. That presupposes there is unwritten law, a subject too deep for this publication. Your attention is drawn to section 38 of the acts interpretation act 1954 which provides for reckoning of time in relation to certain events in respect of admission applications the day of the event is the admission day. Find bills considered by parliament, acts of parliament and statutory rules.
The real property acts, 1861 to 1963 real property act of 1861, 25 vic. Queensland rural and industry development authority acts interpretation act 1954 qld as at 1 march 2017 part 10 39 service of documents 1. Each relevant person should familiarise themselves with the act prior to completing this notification form form or obtain independent legal. Displayed here are links to compilations of the principal, the most current at the top of the list. The queensland legislation handbook is part of the governing queensland suite of handbooks that supplies information about. An act for the interpretation of acts of parliament and for shortening their language.
There are two main forms of statute or legislation. How to read legislation department of the attorney general. An approved method in accordance with applicable state and federal laws, and which specifies the form of the electronic approval, the systems and. Acts interpretation act 1954 acts interpretation act 1954 qld reprinted as at 1 july 1980 pdf download pdf, 1mb additional information. Recent amendments to the acts interpretation act 1954 qld by majella pollard, alyce elder. Legislation is sometimes referred to as written law, a term the interpretation act 1984 s. Authorisation this version of the legislation is compiled and maintained in a database of legislation by the parliamentary counsels office and published on the nsw legislation website, and is certified as the form of that legislation that is correct under section 45c of the interpretation act 1987. Interpretation act 1954 qld and the acts interpretation act 1901 cth. Reprint current from 31 january 2020 to date accessed 14 april 2020 at 17. In force legislation queensland legislation queensland.
Acts interpretation act 1954 queensland government. Acts interpretation act 1915 south australian legislation. An act to consolidate the interpretation act 1889 and certain other enactments relating to the construction and operation of acts of parliament and other instruments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of. Relevant person for the purpose of a change of ownership of a pharmacy business means. Purposive statutory interpretation and criminal liability in queensland. Recent amendments to the acts interpretation act 1954 qld. Acts interpretation act 1915 an act for consolidating certain acts relating to the interpretation of acts of parliament, and for further shortening and interpreting the language used in acts of parliament. How to read legislation, a beginners guide 4 other descriptions of legislation.
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