35—Judicial notice of legislative instruments
(1) A court must take
judicial notice of a legislative instrument.
(2) In this
section—
"legislative instrument" means—
(a) an
Act of this State, or an Act or ordinance of any other State or a Territory of
the Commonwealth;
(b) an
Act of the Imperial Parliament that forms part of the law of this State or of
any other State or a Territory of the Commonwealth;
(c) a
regulation, rule, by-law or other form of subordinate legislation made under
the law of this State or of any other State or a Territory of the
Commonwealth;
(d) a
proclamation, order or notice published in the Gazette or the corresponding
official publication of some other State or a Territory of the Commonwealth;
(e) an
Act or other instrument of a kind referred to in a preceding paragraph as
published or republished under—
(i)
the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 ;
or
(ii)
a former Act, or provision of an Act, of this State that
provided for the reprinting or consolidation of any such instruments; or
(iii)
a corresponding Act or ordinance of any other State or a
Territory of the Commonwealth.