INTERPRETATION AND REPRINTS AMENDMENT BILL 2008

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INTERPRETATION AND REPRINTS AMENDMENT BILL 2008

Western Australia

Interpretation and Reprints
Amendment Bill 2008

CONTENTS

Part 1 -- Preliminary matters
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
Part 2 -- Interpretation Act 1984
amended
3. Act amended 3
4. Section 5 amended 3
5. Section 13CA inserted 3
13CA. Local government districts, references to 3
6. Section 15A inserted 4
15A. Reference to a paragraph 4
7. Section 52 amended 4
Part 3 -- Reprints Act 1984 amended
8. Act amended 5
9. Section 7 amended 5

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Western Australia

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Interpretation and Reprints
Amendment Bill 2008

A Bill for

An Act to amend the Interpretation Act 1984 and Reprints Act 1984.

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

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Part 1 Preliminary matters

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Part 1 -- Preliminary matters
1. Short title
This is the Interpretation and Reprints Amendment Act 2008.

2. Commencement
5 This Act comes into operation as follows --
(a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent;
(b) the rest of the Act -- on the day after that day.

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Interpretation Act 1984 amended Part 2

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Part 2 -- Interpretation Act 1984 amended
3. Act amended
This Part amends the Interpretation Act 1984.
4. Section 5 amended
5 (1) In section 5 delete the definition of Gazette or Government
Gazette.
(2) In section 5 insert in alphabetical order:

Gazette or Government Gazette means the government
10 gazette of Western Australia printed and published, or
purporting to be printed and published, by the
Government Printer and includes any supplement to
that gazette;
local government district has the meaning given by
15 section 13CA;

5. Section 13CA inserted
After section 13B insert:

20 13CA. Local government districts, references to
(1) In a written law --
local government district means a district under the
Local Government Act 1995.
(2) A reference in a written law to a named local
25 government district is a reference to the local
government district that has that name under the Local
Government Act 1995.
[Examples: "Perth local government district" refers to the local government
district named Perth.
30 "Albany (Shire) local government district" refers to the local
government district named Albany (Shire).]

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Part 2 Interpretation Act 1984 amended

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6. Section 15A inserted
After section 15 insert:

15A. Reference to a paragraph
5 (1) In this section --
paragraph includes a subparagraph, item, subitem and
any other similar provision.
(2) A reference in a written law to a paragraph includes a
reference to a conjunction after it connecting it to
10 another paragraph.

7. Section 52 amended
In section 52(4) delete "notification" and insert:

15 nomination

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Reprints Act 1984 amended Part 3

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Part 3 -- Reprints Act 1984 amended
8. Act amended
This Part amends the Reprints Act 1984.

9. Section 7 amended
5 (1) After section 7(3)(c) insert:

(ca) for words, or words and figures, that designate
a distance, weight, size, volume or other
physical quantity, an expression that designates
10 the same quantity by means of figures followed
by an abbreviation of the relevant unit of
measurement;

(2) After section 7(4) insert:
15

(4A) If in a series of 3 paragraphs in a written law --
(a) "and" or "or" (the relevant conjunction)
appears after the second paragraph; and
(b) there is no conjunction after the first paragraph,
20 an authorised officer may insert the relevant
conjunction after the first paragraph.
(4B) If in a series of 4 or more paragraphs in a written
law --
(a) "and" or "or" (the relevant conjunction)
25 appears after the paragraph that is next before
the last paragraph; and
(b) there is no conjunction after any preceding
paragraph,
an authorised officer may insert the relevant
30 conjunction after each preceding paragraph.

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Part 3 Reprints Act 1984 amended

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(4C) For the purposes of subsections (4A) and (4B),
2 paragraphs that are separated by text other than a
paragraph of the same kind may be regarded as not
being in the same series of paragraphs even if their
5 designations are sequential.
(4D) In subsections (4A) to (4C) --
paragraph includes a subparagraph, item, subitem and
any other similar provision.

10 (3) In section 7(5):
(a) in paragraph (c) delete "is designated." and insert:

is designated;

15 (b) after paragraph (c) insert:

(d) where in a provision a term that is being
defined appears in bold italic text and begins
with a definite or indefinite article, amend the
20 provision to --
(i) delete the article; or
(ii) change the appearance of the text so that
the article is not in bold or italics.

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