INTERPRETATION AMENDMENT BILL 2003

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INTERPRETATION AMENDMENT BILL 2003

Interpretation Amendment Bill 2004
Mr Wood

A BILL
for
AN ACT

to amend the Interpretation Act

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

INTERPRETATION AMENDMENT ACT 2004

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No. of 2004
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section

1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Repeal and substitution of section 55

55.

Headings, schedules, examples and notes

4. New sections 62C and 62D

62C. Changes in drafting practice do not affect meaning

62D. Examples

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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No. of 2004
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AN ACT

to amend the Interpretation Act

[Assented to 2004]
[Second reading 2004]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Interpretation Amendment Act 2004.

2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the date fixed by the Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

3. Repeal and substitution of section 55
Section 55 of the Interpretation Act is repealed and the following substituted:

"55. Headings, schedules, examples and notes

"(1) The following are parts of an Act:

(a) headings to Chapters, Parts, Divisions and Subdivisions of the Act;

(b) schedules to the Act;

(d) notes in the text of the Act.

"(2) The following are not parts of an Act:

(a) headings to sections of the Act;

(b) marginal notes, footnotes, endnotes and any other notes that are not in the text of the Act.".

4. New sections 62C and 62D
The Interpretation Act is amended by inserting after section 62B in Part VII, Division 1 the following:

"62C. Changes in drafting practice do not affect meaning

"If –

(a) a provision of an Act expresses an idea in particular words; and

(b) a provision of the Act enacted later appears to express the same idea in different words for the purpose of implementing a different legislative drafting practice,

the ideas must not be taken to be different merely because different words are used.

"62D. Examples

"If an Act includes an example –

(a) the example is not exhaustive;

(b) the example must not be taken to limit or extend the meaning of the provision of the Act to which it relates; and

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