(1) Where a provision of an Act refers—
S. 19(1)(aaa) inserted by No. 60/2000 s. 4(1).
(aaa) to a Chapter by a number, the reference shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the Chapter, designated by that number, of the Act in which the reference occurs;
S. 19(1)(aa) inserted by No. 60/2000 s. 4(1).
(aa) to a Part by a number, the reference shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed—
S. 19(1)(aa)(i) substituted by No. 5/2015 s. 6.
(i) if the Act contains Chapters and the Part number is not a decimal number—as a reference to the Part, designated by that number, of the Chapter in which the reference occurs; or
S. 19(1)(aa)(ia) inserted by No. 5/2015 s. 6.
(ia) if the Act contains Chapters and the Part number is a decimal number—as a reference to the Part, designated by that number, of the Act in which the reference occurs; or
(ii) if the Act does not contain Chapters, as a reference to the Part, designated by that number, of the Act in which the reference occurs;
S. 19(1)(a) amended by No. 60/2000 s. 4(2).
(a) to a section or Schedule by a number, the reference shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the section or Schedule, designated by that number, of or to the Act in which the reference occurs;
(b) to a Schedule but does not refer to it by a number, the reference shall, unless the context otherwise requires, if there is only one Schedule to the Act in which the reference occurs, be construed as a reference to the Schedule to the Act in which the reference occurs; or
(c) to a Division, Subdivision, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sub-subparagraph, clause, subclause, sub-subclause, item, column, table or form by a number, the reference shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference—
(i) to the Division, designated by that number, of the Part in which the reference occurs;
(ii) to the Subdivision, designated by that number, of the Division in which the reference occurs;
(iii) to the subsection, designated by that number, of the section in which the reference occurs;
(iv) to the paragraph, designated by that number, of the section, subsection, interpretation or Schedule in which the reference occurs;
(v) to the paragraph, designated by that number, of the clause, subclause, item, column, table or form of or in the Schedule in which the reference occurs;
(vi) to the subparagraph, designated by that number, of the paragraph in which the reference occurs;
(vii) to the sub-subparagraph, designated by that number, of the subparagraph in which the reference occurs;
(viii) to the table, designated by that number, of or in the section or subsection in which the reference occurs;
(ix) to the clause, item, column, table or form, designated by that number, of or in the Schedule in which the reference occurs;
(x) to the subclause, designated by that number, of the clause in which the reference occurs; or
(xi) to the sub-subclause, designated by that number, of the subclause in which the reference occurs—
as the case requires.
(2) In subsection (1) "number" means—
(a) a number expressed in words or figures;
(b) a letter; or
(c) a combination of a number so expressed and a letter.
S. 20
amended by Nos 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 item 63.2), 60/2000
s. 4(3), 38/2017 s. 88.