Acts Interpretation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Substituted Reference Order 2025
I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following order.
Dated 26 June 2025
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Michelle Rowland
Attorney‑General
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Acts Interpretation Substituted Reference Order 2017
This instrument is the Acts Interpretation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Substituted Reference Order 2025.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under section 19B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
1 Section 3.6 (at the end of the cell at table item 7, column 2)
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Note: See item 1 of the table in section 3.10.
2 Section 3.6 (at the end of the cell at table item 8, column 2)
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Note: See item 2 of the table in section 3.10.
3 Section 3.6 (at the end of the cell at table item 9, column 2)
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Note: See item 3 of the table in section 3.10.
4 Section 3.6 (at the end of the cell at table item 10, column 2)
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Note: See item 4 of the table in section 3.10.
5 Section 3.6 (at the end of the cell at table item 11, column 2)
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Note: See item 5 of the table in section 3.10.
6 Section 3.6 (at the end of the cell at table item 13, column 2)
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Note: See item 6 of the table in section 3.10.
7 At the end of Part 3
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The following table sets out substitutions having effect on and after 1 July 2025 that affect provisions of a single Act or instrument that refer to Departments.
Substitutions having effect on and after 1 July 2025—references to Departments in a single Act or instrument | |||
| Column 1 Affected provisions | Column 2 Existing reference | Column 3 Substitute reference |
1 | Higher Education Support (Indigenous Student Assistance Grants) (Special Grants) Notifiable Instrument 2018, section 4 (definition of administering officer) | National Indigenous Australians Agency Note: See item 7 of the table in section 3.6. | Department administered by the Minister administering Part 2‑2A of the Act |
2 | Higher Education Support (Indigenous Student Success Program) (Rollover of Grant Amounts) Determination 2018, section 4 (definition of administering officer) | National Indigenous Australians Agency Note: See item 8 of the table in section 3.6. | Department administered by the Minister administering Part 2‑2A of the Act |
3 | Higher Education Support (Indigenous Student Success Program) (Rollover of Grant Amounts) Determination (No. 2) 2018, section 4 (definition of administering officer) | National Indigenous Australians Agency Note: See item 9 of the table in section 3.6. | Department administered by the Minister administering Part 2‑2A of the Act |
4 | Higher Education Support (Indigenous Student Success Program) (Rollover of Grant Amounts) Determination (No. 3) 2018, section 4 (definition of administering officer) | National Indigenous Australians Agency Note: See item 10 of the table in section 3.6. | Department administered by the Minister administering Part 2‑2A of the Act |
5 | Higher Education Support (Indigenous Student Success Program) (Rollover of Grant Amounts) Determination 2019, section 4 (definition of administering officer) | National Indigenous Australians Agency Note: See item 11 of the table in section 3.6. | Department administered by the Minister administering Part 2‑2A of the Act |
6 | Indigenous Student Assistance Grants Guidelines 2017, section 4 (definition of administering officer) | National Indigenous Australians Agency Note: See item 13 of the table in section 3.6. | Department administered by the Minister administering Part 2‑2A of the Act |
8 Section 4.5 (at the end of the cell at table item 9, column 2)
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Note: See item 1 of the table in section 4.7.
9 At the end of Part 4
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The following table sets out substitutions having effect on and after 1 July 2025 that affect provisions of a single Act or instrument that refer to Secretaries.
Substitutions having effect on and after 1 July 2025—references to Secretaries in a single Act or instrument | |||
| Column 1 Affected provisions | Column 2 Existing reference | Column 3 Substitute reference |
1 | Each provision of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, or of an instrument made under that Act, that refers to the Chief Executive Officer of the National Indigenous Australians Agency in so far as the provision applies in respect of grants to higher education providers for Indigenous persons | Chief Executive Officer of the National Indigenous Australians Agency Note: See item 9 of the table in section 4.5. | Secretary of the Department |