(1)

Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if a legislative instrument (the principal legislative instrument ) is amended:

(a) by an Act; or
(b) by another legislative instrument (the amending legislative instrument );

the Secretary must cause to be registered a compilation, in electronic form, in relation to the principal legislative instrument, as soon as practicable:

(c) after the provision or provisions of that Act that amend that instrument have commenced; or
(d) after the amending legislative instrument is registered and has commenced.

(2)

If:

(a) the Secretary causes a compilation to be registered in relation to a principal legislative instrument; and
(b) an amending legislative instrument, the effect of which is incorporated within the compilation, is subsequently disallowed, in whole or in part; and
(c) the effect of the disallowance is that:
(i) a compilation is no longer required because the principal legislative instrument is no longer amended in any respect; or
(ii) a compilation is still required but the compilation as registered ceases to represent the state of the law;

the Secretary must:

(d) if a compilation is no longer required—cause the Register to be annotated to explain why a compilation is no longer required; and
(e) if a compilation is still required but the compilation as registered ceases to represent the state of the law:
(i) cause the Register to be annotated to explain why the compilation as registered has ceased to represent the state of the law; and
(ii) cause to be registered, with effect from the date of the disallowance, a new compilation taking account of that disallowance.

(3)

Subsections (1) and (2) do not require the registration of a compilation in relation to a principal legislative instrument until the registration of that principal legislative instrument occurs.