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ACTS INTERPRETATION (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO 13 OF 2005) - SECT 4

4—Amendment of section 4—Interpretation

        (1)         Section 4(1)—after definition of "ADI" insert:

"AS" or "Australian Standard" or "AS/NZS" or "Australian/New Zealand Standard" means a standard published by or under the authority of Standards Australia (alone or jointly with others);

        (2)         Section 4(1)—after definition of "credit union insert:

"data storage device" means any article or material (for example, a disk) from which information is capable of being reproduced, with or without the aid of any other article or device;

"document" includes—

            (a)         any paper or other material on which there is writing; and

            (b)         any map, plan, drawing, graph or photograph; and

            (c)         any paper or other material on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them; and

            (d)         any article or material from which sounds, images or writings are capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device;

        (3)         Section 4(1)—after the definition of "public holiday insert:

"record" includes information stored or recorded by computer or other process;

        (4)         Section 4(1)—after definition of "sitting days" insert:

"Standards Association of Australia" includes—

            (a)         Standards Australia International Limited; and

            (b)         Standards Australia Limited (ACN 087 326 690);

"Standards Australia" means—

            (a)         Standards Association of Australia; or

            (b)         Standards Australia International Limited; or

            (c)         Standards Australia Limited (ACN 087 326 690);

        (5)         Section 4(1), definition of "statutory instrument —after paragraph (a) insert:

            (ab)         a proclamation, notice, order or other instrument made by the Governor or a Minister under an Act and published in the Gazette; or

        (6)         Section 4(1), definition of "writing"—after "words" insert:

, figures, drawings or symbols

        (7)         Section 4—after subsection (1) insert:

        (2)         A reference in an Act or statutory instrument to—

            (a)         "audiotape", "photograph", "videotape" or other word in the form of a verb describing the capture or recording of images or sounds by an audiorecording, cinematographic, photographic or videorecording device includes, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to the capture or recording of images or sounds by a digital device;

            (b)         an "audiotape", "photograph", "videotape" or other word in the form of a noun describing the item on which images or sounds captured or recorded by an audiorecording, cinematographic, photographic or videorecording device are stored or reproduced includes, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a digital data storage device;

            (c)         a "book", "paper", "plan" or other word in the form of a noun describing an item on which there is writing includes, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a digital data storage device.



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