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355A Amendment to renumber(1) On the commencement of this section, the provisions of this Act are amended by numbering and renumbering them in the same way as a reprint may be numbered and renumbered under the Reprints Act 1992 , section 43.(2) Subsection (1) applies to a provision of this Act enacted or otherwise affected (a
"relevant provision" ) by a provision of an amending Act enacted but uncommenced when subsection (1) is commenced (the
"uncommenced provision" ), with the following intent for the relevant provision—(a) if the number of the relevant provision would have changed under subsection (1) had the uncommenced provision commenced—(i) a number is allocated to the relevant provision as if the uncommenced provision had commenced; and(ii) when the uncommenced provision commences, the number of the relevant provision is amended by omitting it and inserting the number allocated to it under subparagraph (i);(b) if the relevant provision would have been omitted or relocated had the uncommenced provision commenced, its number remains the same as it was before the commencement of subsection (1) until the omission or relocation takes effect.(3) Each reference in this Act, and each reference in another Act mentioned in schedule 2 to a provision of the Act renumbered under subsection (1), is amended, when the renumbering happens, by omitting the reference to the previous number and inserting the new number.(4) This section does not limit the operation of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 14H, including, for example, the operation of that Act in relation to a provision that is not mentioned in schedule 2.(5) This section and schedule 2 expire on the later of the following—(a) the day after the commencement of the last numbering or renumbering of a provision done under the section;(b) 30 June 2017.(6) This section does not limit the Reprints Act 1992 .(7) In this section—
"amending Act" means an Act that amends this Act.