Victorian Current Acts

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 - SECT 19

    (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.