Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2001 - SECT 97

    (1)     In this chapter:

"ACT law" means an Act or statutory instrument.

Note     A reference to an Act or statutory instrument includes a reference to a provision of the Act or instrument (see s 7 and s 13).

"law "means an ACT law or a law of another jurisdiction.

"law of another jurisdiction" means an Act or statutory instrument of another jurisdiction, and includes a provision of an Act or statutory instrument of another jurisdiction.

Note     Another jurisdiction means the Commonwealth, a State, another Territory, the United Kingdom or New Zealand (see dict, pt 2).

    (2)     In this section:

"Act", in relation to another Territory, includes ordinance.

"statutory instrument", of another jurisdiction, means an instrument (whether or not legislative in nature) made under—

        (a)     an Act of the other jurisdiction; or

        (b)     another statutory instrument of the other jurisdiction; or

        (c)     power given by an Act or statutory instrument of the other jurisdiction and also power given otherwise by law.