(1)  The Acts and statutory rules of this State are to be taken in all circumstances and for all purposes to be as they appear from time to time in the authorised version of the Acts and statutory rules.

(2)  Subject to subsections (3) and (4) , on and after the commencement of this Act, the authorised version of an Act at any particular date is that version of the Act which is on the database as at that date.

(3)  The authorised version of an Act that is not on the database is that Act as transmitted to the Archives Office of Tasmania in accordance with section 32 .

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(4)  Subject to subsection (8) , the authorised version of an Act passed before the commencement of this Act and not on the database, as at a particular date before the commencement of this Act, is that original Act, as transmitted to the Archives Office of Tasmania in accordance with section 32 , read and construed with any Act amending that Act as so transmitted.

(5)  Subject to subsections (6) , (6A) , (6B) , (7) and (7A) , on and after the commencement of this Act, the authorised version of a statutory rule at any particular date is the version of the statutory rule which is on the database as at that date.

(6)  The authorised version of a statutory rule, other than a statutory rule made by the judges of the Supreme Court, made before the commencement of this Act and not on the database is that original statutory rule as transmitted to the Archives Office of Tasmania in accordance with section 32A .

(6A)  The authorised version of a statutory rule, other than a statutory rule made by the judges of the Supreme Court, made on or after the commencement of this Act and not on the database is that original statutory rule as transmitted to the Archives Office of Tasmania in accordance with section 32A .

(6B)  The authorised version of a statutory rule made by the judges of the Supreme Court and not on the database is that original statutory rule as held among the records of the Supreme Court and transmitted to the Archives Office of Tasmania in accordance with section 32A .

(7)  Subject to subsection (8) , the authorised version of a statutory rule, other than a statutory rule made by the judges of the Supreme Court, that is not on the database as at a particular date is that original statutory rule, as transmitted to the Archives Office of Tasmania in accordance with section 32A , read and construed with any statutory rule amending that statutory rule as so transmitted.

(7A)  Subject to subsection (8) , the authorised version of a statutory rule made by the judges of the Supreme Court that is not on the database as at a particular date is that original statutory rule, as kept among the records of the Supreme Court and transmitted to the Archives Office of Tasmania in accordance with section 32A , read and construed with any statutory rule as so deposited and transmitted.

(8)  If an Act passed or a statutory rule made before the commencement of this Act and is not on the database was reprinted under the Acts Reprinting Act 1979 , the authorised version of that Act or statutory rule, as at a particular date before the commencement of this Act, is the reprint of that Act or statutory rule as in force at that date.

(9)  All Acts and statutory rules on the database are to include a certificate of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel indicating that –

(a) the Act or statutory rule is the authorised version at the date specified in the certificate; and

(b) the Act or statutory rule incorporates all amendments, if any, made before and in force as at the date shown on the certificate and any reprint changes –

(i) made under any Act, in force before the commencement of this Act, authorising the reprint of the Acts and statutory rules; or

(ii) permitted under this Act and made before that date.

(10)  The Chief Parliamentary Counsel may approve the production of copies of authorised versions of Acts or statutory rules and copies of reprints of Acts or statutory rules in electronic or printed form by a person approved in writing by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel for the purposes of production or distribution.

(11)  A copy of an Act or a statutory rule or the reprint of an Act or a statutory rule produced under subsection (10) is to contain a statement to the effect that the copy is produced with the approval of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel.