Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

LEGISLATION REGULATIONS 2001 (2001 NO 34) - REG 4

    (1)     This regulation applies if—

        (a)     the maker of, or appropriate person for, a registrable instrument asks the parliamentary counsel to notify the making of the instrument; and

        (b)     the draft instrument for making was not supplied by the parliamentary counsel.

    (2)     The request for notification of the instrument must—

        (a)     include the following information about the instrument:

              (i)     its name;

              (ii)     the year it is made;

              (iii)     the number allocated to it by the parliamentary counsel under the Act, section 59;

              (iv)     whether it is a subordinate law, a disallowable instrument, a notifiable instrument, an approved form or a commencement notice;

              (v)     the name of the authorising Act or instrument;

              (vi)     the authorising provision of that Act or instrument;

              (vii)     the name (as signed) and title of the instrument maker; and

        (b)     state whether the request for notification is made by or for—

              (i)     the instrument maker; or

              (ii)     the appropriate person for the instrument; and

        (c)     state whether the person making the request for notification is a delegate of the instrument maker or appropriate person; and

        (d)     include the following information about the person making the request for notification:

              (i)     the person's name and title;

              (ii)     the person's administrative unit or other agency;

              (iii)     the person's telephone and fax numbers; and

        (e)     state whether the instrument repeals or amends another instrument; and

        (f)     include—

              (i)     electronic copies of the instrument as made, in both portable document format (created in Adobe Acrobat 5.0) and rich text format that comply with the requirements mentioned in subregulation (3); and

              (ii)     a statement certifying that the electronic copies of the instrument comply with the requirements mentioned in subregulation (3).

    (3)     For subregulation (2) (f), the requirements are as follows:

        (a)     the instrument must show—

              (i)     the name, or heading and number, of the instrument as required by paragraph (b) or (c); and

              (ii)     the name (as signed) of each maker of the instrument; and

              (iii)     the date of making;

        (b)     for an instrument other than an approved form, the name of the instrument must—

              (i)     include the year the instrument is made; and

              (ii)     be unique;

        (c)     an approved form must—

              (i)     have a heading that includes the name of the authorising law and a brief indication of the form's purpose; and

              (ii)     be numbered using a system that gives each form under the authorising law a unique number.

    (4)     The request may also state when the instrument is to be notified.