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INTERPRETATION ACT 1984
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I -- Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Application
4. Act binds Crown
PART II -- General interpretation provisions
5. Terms used in written laws
6. Definitions in a written law, application of
7. Written laws to be construed subject to State’s legislative power
8. Written laws always speaking
9. Parts of speech and grammatical forms
10. Gender and number
11. Sovereign, references to
12. Minister, references to
13. British subject etc., references to
13A. De facto relationship and de facto partner, references to
13B. Standards Association of Australia, references to
13CA. Local government districts, references to
13C. When death of a person occurs
13D. Bankrupt and related expressions, references to
14. References to 2 or more provisions to be inclusive
15. Internal references in written laws, construction of
15A. Reference to paragraph
16. Reference to written law is to written law as amended
17. Disjunctive construction of “or”
18. Purpose or object of written law, use of in interpretation
19. Extrinsic material, use of in interpretation
PART III -- Commencement and citation
20. Commencement of Acts
21. Time of commencement of written laws
22. Act commencing on proclamation, commencement of certain provisions of
23. Proclamation of commencement of Act, construction of power to make
25. Some powers in Act may be exercised before it commences
26. Citation of written laws
27. References to commencement of written law if different provisions commence on different days
PART IV -- Provisions as to enactment and operation of written law
28. Acts deemed public Acts
29. Sections to be substantive enactments
30. Act may be amended in same session
31. Preambles, schedules etc. to form part of written law
32. Headings, marginal notes and footnotes
PART V -- Repeal of written law
33. Repeal of written law includes repeal of amendments
34. Repeal of repealing enactment, effect of
35. Repeal and substitution of provision, effect of
36. Repealing and re-enacting a provision, effect of
37. General savings on repeal
38. Repeal of Act, effect of on subsidiary legislation
39. Expiry of enactment, effect of
PART VI -- Subsidiary legislation
40. Governor to make subsidiary legislation
41. Publication and commencement of subsidiary legislation
42. Laying regulations, rules, local laws and by-laws before Parliament, and disallowance
43. Power to make subsidiary legislation, general provisions about
44. Words and expressions in subsidiary legislation, meaning of
45. Fees and charges
45A. Fees for licences, effect of power to prescribe
46. Reference to written law includes reference to subsidiary legislation made under it
47. Acts done under subsidiary legislation deemed done under Act
PART VII -- Statutory powers and duties
48. Time for exercise of power or performance of duty
48A. Judicial acts and service of process may be done on any day
49. Public officer’s powers and duties may be exercised by acting officer etc.
50. Statutory powers, construction of
51. Power to issue licences and other authorisations is discretionary
52. Power to appoint includes power to remove, suspend, appoint acting officer etc.
53. Appointments may be by name or office
54. Statutory bodies, majority and quorum provisions
55. Errors when exercising certain powers or duties may be corrected
56. “May” imports a discretion, “shall” is imperative
57. Statutory bodies, powers of not affected by vacancies etc.
58. Delegates, performance of functions by
59. Power to delegate, effect of
60. Governor to act with advice of Executive Council
PART VIII -- Provisions regarding time and distance
61. Time, computation of
62. Months, reckoning of
63. Time for doing acts if no time fixed
64. Power to extend time, construction of
65. Distance, measurement of
PART IX -- Procedures and penalties
66. Rules of court
67. Offences and proceedings for offences
69. Bodies corporate, application of penal laws to
71. Continuing offences
72. Statutory penalties, construction of
PART X -- Miscellaneous provisions
73. State deemed established 1 June 1829
74. Prescribed forms, certain deviations do not invalidate
75. Service of documents by post
76. Service of documents generally
76A. Written laws made before Australia Acts, validity of
77. Repeal and saving
Other notes
Defined terms
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