Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ACTS CITATION ACT 1976 No. 37 of 1976 - SECT 4

4. Sections 10 and 10A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as amended and in
force immediately before the commencement of this Act are repealed and the
following section is substituted:- References to amended or re-enacted Acts.
''10. Where an Act contains a reference to a short title that is or was
provided by law for the citation of another Act as originally enacted, or of
another Act as amended, then, except so far as the contrary intention appears-

   (a)  the reference shall be construed as a reference to that other Act as
        originally enacted and as amended from time to time; and

   (b)  where that other Act has been repealed and re-enacted, with or without
        modifications, the reference shall be construed as including a
        reference to the re-enacted Act as originally enacted and as amended
        from time to time and, where, in connexion with that reference,
        particular provisions of the repealed Act are referred to, being
        provisions to which provisions of the re-enacted Act correspond, the
        reference to those particular provisions shall be construed as
        including a reference to those corresponding provisions.''.