Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS AMENDMENT (SUNSETTING) ACT 2011 (NO. 98, 2011) - SCHEDULE 1

Legislative Instruments Act 2003

1  Subsection 4(1) (at the end of the definition of commencing day )

Add:

Note:          Section 20 of this Act commenced on 1 January 2005 (see section 2).

2  Paragraph 50(4)(b)

Omit "date of commencement", substitute "day of commencement".

Note 1:    The following heading to subsection 50(1) is inserted " Principal legislative instruments made before commencing day ".

Note 2:    The following heading to subsection 50(2) is inserted " Principal legislative instruments made on or after commencing day ".

Note 3:    The following heading to subsection 50(3) is inserted " Partially amending legislative instruments ".

Note 4:    The following heading to subsection 50(5) is inserted " Multiple days of commencement ".

3  At the end of section 50

Add:

Legislative instruments with retrospective commencement

             (7)  If a day of commencement of a legislative instrument, or of a provision of a legislative instrument, made on or after the commencing day is before the day on which the instrument is registered, this section applies as if a reference to that day of commencement were a reference to the day on which the instrument is registered.

4  Application

The amendments of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 made by items 1, 2 and 3 of this Schedule apply in relation to a legislative instrument that is in force (or a provision of which is in force) on or after the day this Act commences, whether the instrument was made before, on or after that day.

Note:       This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal Assent (see section 2).