Commonwealth Numbered Acts

POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT ACT 1983 No. 147, 1983 - SECT 27

PART III-PROVISIONS RELATING TO BY-LAWS UNDER THE POSTAL SERVICES
ACT AND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975

27. Section 115 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (2)
and (3) and substituting the following sub-sections:

''(2) Sections 48, 49 and 50 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply in
relation to By-laws as if references in those sections to regulations were
references to By-laws.

''(3) By-laws shall not be deemed to be statutory rules within the meaning of
the Statutory Rules Publication Act 1903, but sub-sections 5 (3) to (3C)
(inclusive) of that Act apply in relation to By-laws in like manner as they
apply in relation to statutory rules.

''(4) For the purposes of the application of sub-section 5 (3B) of the
Statutory Rules Publication Act 1903 in accordance with sub-section (3) of
this section, the reference in that first-mentioned sub-section to the
Minister of State for Administrative Services shall be construed as a
reference to the Minister of State administering this Act.''.