(1)  The Chief Parliamentary Counsel must establish a database in electronic form of legislation of this State.

(2)  The database is to be under the control of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel.

(3)  The database is to consist of –

(a) certain Acts for the time being in force and, if any of those Acts have been amended and the amendments are in force, those Acts with the amendments incorporated; and

(b) all other Acts enacted after the commencement of this Act; and

(c) certain statutory rules for the time being in force and, if any of those statutory rules have been amended and the amendments are in force, those statutory rules with the amendments incorporated; and

(d) all statutory rules made after the commencement of this act.

(4)  The Chief Parliamentary Counsel must produce or cause to be produced copies of the database in electronic form and cause those copies to be held securely in a place separate from the place at which the database is held.

(5)  Copies of the database produced under subsection (4) are to be treated for all purposes as if they were the database.