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Legislation Act 2003
No. 139, 2003
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C2019C00084 C39
24 February 2019
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Chapter 1—Introduction
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Object
3A Simplified outline of this Act
3AA Norfolk Island
4 The Dictionary
5 Definitions of amend and modify
6 Definitions of rule maker and responsible person
Part 2—Key concepts for legislative instruments and notifiable instruments
7 Simplified outline of this Part
8 Definition of legislative instrument
9 Inference of legislative character
10 Instruments declared to be legislative instruments
11 Definition of notifiable instrument
12 Commencement of legislative instruments and notifiable instruments
13 Construction of legislative instruments and notifiable instruments
14 Prescribing matters by reference to other instruments
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Chapter 2—Registration of Acts, legislative instruments and notifiable instruments
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Part 1—The Federal Register of Legislation
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Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
15 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Federal Register of Legislation
15A Federal Register of Legislation—establishment and maintenance
15B Federal Register of Legislation—complete record of registered laws
15C Federal Register of Legislation—access to registered material on approved website
15D Federal Register of Legislation—rectification of Register
15DA Requirement for re tabling and new disallowance period after rectification of Register
15E Federal Register of Legislation—keeping the Register
Division 3—Registration on Federal Register of Legislation
15F Registration of Acts
15G Lodgement of legislative instruments and notifiable instruments, and other material
15H Registration of legislative instruments and notifiable instruments, and other documents
15J Explanatory statements
15K Registration—enforceability of legislative instruments
15L Events affecting the currency or accuracy of the Register
15M Rules for lodgement and registration
Part 2—Compilations
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Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
15N Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Registration of compilations
15P Registered compilations—information requirements
15Q Definitions of required compilation event and discretionary compilation event etc.
15R Lodgement of compilations of instruments—required compilation events
15S Lodgement of compilations of instruments—discretionary compilation events
15T Registration of compilations
15U Compilations—rules
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Division 3—Editorial changes and other changes
15V Power to make editorial changes and other changes
15W Editorial changes treated in the same way as amendments
15X Definition of editorial change
Part 3—Authorised versions and judicial notice
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Division 1—Introduction
15Y Simplified outline of this Part
15Z Scope of this Part
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Division 2—Authorised versions and judicial notice
15ZA Authorised versions
15ZB Judicial notice
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Chapter 3—Legislative instruments and notifiable instruments
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Part 1—Drafting standards and consultation
15ZC Simplified outline of this Part
16 Measures to achieve high drafting standards for legislative instruments and notifiable instruments
17 Rule makers should consult before making legislative instruments
19 Consequence of failure to consult
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Part 2—Parliamentary scrutiny of legislative instruments
36 Simplified outline of this Part
37 The purpose of the Part
38 Tabling of legislative instruments
39 Tabling of explanatory statements
40 Regulations may specify manner of delivery of certain documents
41 Incorporated material may be required to be made available
42 Disallowance of legislative instruments
44 Legislative instruments that are not subject to disallowance
45 Reviving a legislative instrument, law or provision
46 Legislative instruments not to be remade while required to be tabled
47 Legislative instruments not to be remade while subject to disallowance
48 Remaking disallowed legislative instruments
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Part 3—Repeal of spent legislative instruments, notifiable instruments and provisions
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Division 1A—Simplified outline of this Part
48AA Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 1—Automatic repeal
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Subdivision A—Repeal of amending and repealing instruments
48A Automatic repeal of amending and repealing instruments
Subdivision B—Repeal of commencement instruments
48B Automatic repeal of commencement instruments
Subdivision C—Repeal of amending or repealing provisions of instruments containing other matter
48C Automatic repeal of amending and repealing provisions
Subdivision D—Repeal of commencement provisions of instruments containing other matter
48D Automatic repeal of commencement provisions
Division 2—Repeal by regulations
48E Regulations may repeal instruments or provisions no longer required
Part 4—Sunsetting of legislative instruments
48F Simplified outline of this Part
49 The purpose of the Part
50 Sunsetting
51 Attorney General may defer sunsetting in certain circumstances
51A Attorney General may align sunsetting of instruments to be reviewed together
52 Attorney General must lay lists of instruments due for sunsetting before each House of the Parliament
53 Resolution that instrument continue in force
54 Instruments to which this Part does not apply
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Chapter 4—Miscellaneous
55 Simplified outline of this Chapter
56 Legislative instruments—gazettal and other publication and notification requirements
57 Effect on existing tabling and disallowance requirements
57A Legislative instruments made under power delegated by the Parliament before 1 January 2005
58 Delegation
59 Review of operation of this Act
60 Review of operation of the sunsetting provisions
61 Legislative instrument and notifiable instrument amendments by regulations under this Act
61A Rules made by First Parliamentary Counsel
62 Regulations
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Endnote 5—Editorial changes
