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Western Australia
Legislation Bill 2018
Contents
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Object of this Act 2
4. Terms used 2
5. Act binds Crown 4
6. Application of this Act 4
7. Relationship with other Acts 5
Part 2 -- Publication of legislation
Division 1 -- Publication responsibilities
8. Purpose of WA legislation website 6
9. WA legislation website 6
10. What is published on WA legislation website 6
11. Versions showing effect of uncommenced
amendment or modification or law as modified 7
12. When law published on WA legislation website 7
13. WA legislation website unavailable 8
14. Technical or other requirements for publication on
WA legislation website 8
Division 2 -- Official versions
15. Official electronic versions 9
16. Official hard copy versions 9
Division 3 -- Evidentiary matters
17. Legal status of official versions 9
18. Evidence of official versions 10
19. Evidence of day of publication of laws 10
20. Evidence of day of Royal Assent 10
21. Judicial notice 10
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Division 4 -- Publication or notification on WA
legislation website instead of Gazette
22. Requirement or authority to publish or notify in
Gazette 10
Part 3 -- Editorial changes to
legislation
Division 1 -- Power to make editorial changes
23. Parliamentary Counsel authorised to make editorial
changes 12
24. Delegation 12
Division 2 -- Editorial changes
25. Updating references to law of WA or other
jurisdictions 13
26. Things that have been changed or replaced 13
27. Deemed amendments 14
28. References to provision of law 14
29. Clerk's amendment to Act 14
30. Gender 15
31. Numbers, dates, times, quantities, measurements
and similar matters 15
32. Conjunctives and disjunctives 16
33. Order of definitions or items 16
34. Minor errors and inconsistencies 16
35. Obsolete or redundant provisions 17
36. Incorporation of certain provisions contained in
amending legislation 18
37. Numbering and renumbering 18
38. Format and printing style changes 18
39. Consequential changes 18
Division 3 -- Other matters
40. Effect of editorial changes 18
41. Recording of editorial changes 19
42. Annual report to include summary of editorial
changes 19
Part 4 -- Miscellaneous
43. Regulations 20
44. Review of Act 20
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Part 5 -- Repeal of Reprints Act 1984
45. Reprints Act 1984 repealed 21
46. Status of reprints under repealed Act 21
Part 6 -- Other Acts amended
Division 1 -- Interpretation Act 1984 amended
47. Act amended 22
48. Section 5 amended 22
49. Section 10 amended 23
50. Section 19 amended 23
51. Section 23 amended 23
52. Section 24 deleted 24
53. Section 26 amended 24
54. Section 41 amended 24
55. Section 42 amended 24
Division 2 -- Evidence Act 1906 amended
56. Act amended 24
57. Section 3 amended 25
58. Section 53 amended 25
59. Section 57 amended 25
60. Section 58 amended 26
61. Section 69A amended 26
62. Section 74 amended 26
63. Section 75 amended 26
64. Section 78 amended 27
Defined terms
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Legislation Bill 2018
A Bill for
An Act --
• to provide for public access to Western Australian legislation;
and
• to provide for the official status of published versions of Western
Australian legislation; and
• to provide for Western Australian legislation to be kept in an
up-to-date form and consistent with current drafting practice;
and
• to repeal the Reprints Act 1984; and
• for related purposes.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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1 Part 1 -- Preliminary
2 1. Short title
3 This is the Legislation Act 2018.
4 2. Commencement
5 This Act comes into operation as follows --
6 (a) Part 1 -- on the day on which this Act receives the
7 Royal Assent;
8 (b) the rest of the Act -- on a day fixed by proclamation,
9 and different days may be fixed for different provisions.
10 3. Object of this Act
11 (1) The object of this Act is for Western Australian legislation to be
12 easy to find, use and understand.
13 (2) This object is to be achieved by --
14 (a) providing for Western Australian legislation to be made
15 publicly available; and
16 (b) giving official status to Western Australian legislation in
17 both hard copy and electronic form; and
18 (c) conferring power on the Parliamentary Counsel to make
19 editorial changes so that, in appropriate cases, Western
20 Australian legislation can be kept up-to-date,
21 modernised and simplified, and errors can be corrected,
22 without the need for the changes to be enacted by
23 Parliament.
24 4. Terms used
25 In this Act --
26 amend --
27 (a) has the meaning given in the Interpretation Act 1984
28 section 5; and
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1 (b) includes --
2 (i) repeal as defined in that section; and
3 (ii) relocate;
4 current drafting practice means the legislative drafting practice
5 for the time being adopted by PCO;
6 editorial change means a change authorised by Part 3
7 Division 2;
8 Imperial enactment means --
9 (a) an Act of the Parliament of England, or of the
10 Parliament of Great Britain or of the Parliament of the
11 United Kingdom; or
12 (b) an Order in Council, regulation, rule or other legislative
13 instrument made under an Act referred to in
14 paragraph (a);
15 law means the whole or a part of --
16 (a) a written law; or
17 (b) an Imperial enactment that is part of the law of Western
18 Australia because --
19 (i) an Act of Western Australia adopts the Imperial
20 enactment or the Act under which the Imperial
21 enactment is made; or
22 (ii) the Imperial enactment applies by paramount
23 force (that is, it expressly or impliedly applies in
24 Western Australia); or
25 (iii) the Imperial enactment became part of the law of
26 Western Australia on 1 June 1829;
27 or
28 (c) a proclamation that brings 1 or more provisions of an
29 Act into operation; or
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1 (d) an instrument made under the Royal prerogative that
2 applies in Western Australia and has legislative effect;
3 Note for this definition:
4 The term "written law" is defined in the Interpretation Act 1984
5 section 5.
6 official version, of a law, means --
7 (a) an electronic version of the law that is an official version
8 under section 15; or
9 (b) a hard copy version of the law that is an official version
10 under section 16;
11 PCO means the Parliamentary Counsel's Office of Western
12 Australia;
13 prescribed means prescribed by the regulations;
14 WA legislation website means the website maintained under
15 section 9.
16 5. Act binds Crown
17 This Act binds the Crown in right of Western Australia and, so
18 far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Crown
19 in all its other capacities.
20 6. Application of this Act
21 This Act applies to laws (including this Act) whether passed or
22 made before or after this section comes into operation.
23 Note for this section:
24 Section 10(3) extends the application of this Act to other material if it is
25 published on the WA legislation website.
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1 7. Relationship with other Acts
2 This Act is in addition to, and does not limit the operation of,
3 other Acts that contain provisions about the publication or effect
4 of Western Australian legislation.
5 Note for this section:
6 Those other Acts include the Interpretation Act 1984, the Evidence
7 Act 1906 and the Local Government Act 1995 (which contains
8 provisions about local laws).
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Part 2 Publication of legislation
Division 1 Publication responsibilities
s. 8
1 Part 2 -- Publication of legislation
2 Division 1 -- Publication responsibilities
3 8. Purpose of WA legislation website
4 (1) The purpose of the WA legislation website is to provide, in a
5 timely and efficient manner, free public access to accurate,
6 up-to-date and reliable official versions of laws.
7 (2) The WA legislation website is intended to be a permanent
8 repository of --
9 (a) laws as originally passed or made; and
10 (b) updated versions of laws incorporating their
11 amendments and any editorial changes.
12 9. WA legislation website
13 (1) The Parliamentary Counsel must ensure that a website (the
14 WA legislation website) is maintained by, or on behalf of, PCO
15 for the publication of laws.
16 (2) The uniform resource locator (URL) of the WA legislation
17 website is --
18 (a) ; or
19 (b) any alternative URL prescribed under subsection (3).
20 (3) If the URL referred to in subsection (2)(a) cannot be used for
21 technical or other reasons, the regulations may prescribe an
22 alternative URL for the WA legislation website.
23 10. What is published on WA legislation website
24 (1) The Parliamentary Counsel must publish on the WA legislation
25 website --
26 (a) Acts as originally passed; and
27 (b) Acts in operation with their amendments incorporated;
28 and
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s. 11
1 (c) the prescribed subsidiary legislation as originally made;
2 and
3 (d) the prescribed subsidiary legislation with its
4 amendments incorporated; and
5 (e) any other prescribed laws.
6 (2) The Parliamentary Counsel may publish on the WA legislation
7 website any other material --
8 (a) that is prescribed; or
9 (b) that the Parliamentary Counsel considers appropriate for
10 publication on the website.
11 (3) If material is published on the WA legislation website under
12 subsection (2), this Act applies in relation to the material as if
13 references to a law were references to the material.
14 11. Versions showing effect of uncommenced amendment or
15 modification or law as modified
16 (1) A version of a law published on the WA legislation website may
17 show 1 or more of the following --
18 (a) the law as it would be amended by an amendment that
19 has not come into operation;
20 (b) the law as it would be modified by a modification that
21 has not come into operation;
22 (c) the law as it is modified by the law or another law.
23 (2) A version of a law published under subsection (1) must indicate
24 that it is such a version and whether or not the amendments or
25 modifications shown in it are in operation.
26 12. When law published on WA legislation website
27 (1) A law is published on the WA legislation website --
28 (a) if it is made accessible in full on the website; or
29 (b) if notice of its enactment, making or other production is
30 made accessible on the website and it is made accessible
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Part 2 Publication of legislation
Division 1 Publication responsibilities
s. 13
1 separately in full on the website or in any other
2 identified location.
3 (2) The day on which a law is published on the WA legislation
4 website is the day notified in either or both of the following
5 ways --
6 (a) by showing it on the website;
7 (b) by showing it in a version of the law published on the
8 website.
9 (3) The day notified under subsection (2) must be the day on which
10 the law is first published on the WA legislation website under
11 subsection (1), unless section 13(2)(b) applies.
12 13. WA legislation website unavailable
13 (1) If a law cannot for technical or other reasons be published on
14 the WA legislation website at a particular time, the
15 Parliamentary Counsel may publish it in any alternative manner
16 the Parliamentary Counsel considers appropriate.
17 (2) If a law is published in an alternative manner under
18 subsection (1) --
19 (a) it must be published on the WA legislation website as
20 soon as practicable; and
21 (b) the day notified under section 12(2) must be the day on
22 which it is first published in the alternative manner.
23 (3) A law published in an alternative manner under subsection (1)
24 has, in the period before its publication on the WA legislation
25 website, the same status as a law published on the website.
26 14. Technical or other requirements for publication on
27 WA legislation website
28 (1) So that a law (other than an Act) can be published easily and
29 efficiently on the WA legislation website, the Parliamentary
30 Counsel may determine requirements that must be met for the
31 law to be accepted for publication.
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Official versions Division 2
s. 15
1 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the requirements may relate to
2 the following --
3 (a) how a law must be provided to PCO for publication;
4 (b) the form in which a law must be provided.
5 (3) The Parliamentary Counsel must make the requirements
6 publicly available in the manner the Parliamentary Counsel
7 considers appropriate.
8 Division 2 -- Official versions
9 15. Official electronic versions
10 An electronic version of a law is an official version if --
11 (a) it is accessed at, or downloaded from, the WA
12 legislation website in a prescribed format; and
13 (b) either --
14 (i) it indicates, in a prescribed way, that it is an
15 official version; or
16 (ii) the website indicates, in a prescribed way, that
17 such a version is an official version.
18 16. Official hard copy versions
19 A hard copy version of a law is an official version if --
20 (a) it indicates, in a prescribed way, that it is an official
21 version; or
22 (b) it is produced directly from an official version of the
23 law.
24 Division 3 -- Evidentiary matters
25 17. Legal status of official versions
26 (1) An official version of a law as originally passed or made is
27 taken to correctly set out the text of the law, unless the contrary
28 is proved.
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Part 2 Publication of legislation
Division 4 Publication or notification on WA legislation website instead of
Gazette
s. 18
1 (2) An official version of a law with amendments incorporated as at
2 a stated date is taken to correctly set out the text of the law as at
3 that date, unless the contrary is proved.
4 (3) An official version of a law is evidence that any changes made
5 in the version under Part 3 are authorised by that Part.
6 18. Evidence of official versions
7 An electronic or hard copy version of a law that purports to be
8 an official version is taken to be an official version, unless the
9 contrary is proved.
10 19. Evidence of day of publication of laws
11 (1) An official version of a law that shows the day of publication of
12 the law is evidence that the law was published on the day
13 shown.
14 (2) A notification on the WA legislation website of the day of
15 publication of a law is evidence that the law was published on
16 the day notified.
17 20. Evidence of day of Royal Assent
18 An official version of an Act that shows the day on which the
19 Act received the Royal Assent is evidence that the Act received
20 the Royal Assent on the day shown.
21 21. Judicial notice
22 All courts and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice
23 of all laws.
24 Division 4 -- Publication or notification on WA legislation
25 website instead of Gazette
26 22. Requirement or authority to publish or notify in Gazette
27 (1) If a written law requires or authorises an instrument to be
28 published in the Gazette, it is sufficient if the instrument is
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Gazette
s. 22
1 published on the WA legislation website instead of in the
2 Gazette.
3 (2) If a written law requires or authorises an instrument to be
4 notified in the Gazette, it is sufficient if the instrument is
5 notified on the WA legislation website instead of in the Gazette.
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Part 3 Editorial changes to legislation
Division 1 Power to make editorial changes
s. 23
1 Part 3 -- Editorial changes to legislation
2 Division 1 -- Power to make editorial changes
3 23. Parliamentary Counsel authorised to make editorial
4 changes
5 (1) The Parliamentary Counsel may make an editorial change to a
6 law in producing a version of a law.
7 (2) A version of a law in which the power conferred by
8 subsection (1) is exercised can be produced, even though the
9 law has not been amended since it was passed or made, or since
10 the previous version of the law was produced.
11 (3) Subsection (1) does not permit a change to the text of a law if
12 the change would change the effect of the law.
13 (4) Subsection (3) is subject to section 29(2).
14 24. Delegation
15 (1) The Parliamentary Counsel may delegate the power in
16 section 23(1) to another officer of PCO.
17 (2) A delegation must be in writing signed by the Parliamentary
18 Counsel.
19 (3) The exercise by an officer of PCO of a power that has been
20 delegated to the officer under this section is taken to be in
21 accordance with the terms of the delegation unless the contrary
22 is shown.
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Editorial changes Division 2
s. 25
1 Division 2 -- Editorial changes
2 25. Updating references to law of WA or other jurisdictions
3 (1) In this section --
4 law includes --
5 (a) a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a
6 Territory; and
7 (b) a law of New Zealand.
8 (2) A reference to a law's short title or other mode of citation that
9 has been changed can be replaced with the title or mode of
10 citation as changed.
11 (3) A reference to a law, or to a provision of a law, that is to be
12 read, or to be taken to be amended to read, as a reference to
13 another law or provision can be changed to a reference to the
14 other law or provision.
15 (4) A reference to a law, or to a provision of a law, that has been
16 replaced can be changed to a reference to the replacement law
17 or provision.
18 26. Things that have been changed or replaced
19 (1) A reference to a name or title of a body, office, person, place,
20 locality or other thing that has been changed can be replaced
21 with the name or title as changed.
22 (2) A reference to a body, office, person, place, locality or other
23 thing that has been replaced by another body, office, person,
24 place, locality or thing can be changed to a reference to the
25 replacement body, office, person, place, locality or thing.
26 (3) A reference to contact details (for example, an address,
27 telephone number, email address or website address) can be
28 changed to reflect changes to those details.
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Division 2 Editorial changes
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1 27. Deemed amendments
2 A law can be changed to give effect to a provision of another
3 law that provides that other laws are to be taken to be amended,
4 or to have effect or be construed as if they had been amended, in
5 a specified way.
6 28. References to provision of law
7 (1) The way in which a provision of a law is referred to can be
8 changed so that it is consistent with current drafting practice.
9 Examples for this subsection:
10 1. A reference to "Division 5 of Part 2" can be changed to "Part 2
11 Division 5".
12 2. A reference to "subparagraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) of
13 section 4" can be changed to "section 4(1)(a), (b) or (c)".
14 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), referential words can be
15 omitted.
16 (3) In subsection (2) --
17 referential words means words that identify the whole or part of
18 a provision (including a schedule) as a provision, or as part of a
19 provision, of the law in which they appear.
20 Examples for this definition:
21 "of this Act", "by this Act", "of this regulation", "the said", "hereof "
22 "before-mentioned".
23 29. Clerk's amendment to Act
24 (1) This section applies if the Clerk of the Parliaments issues a
25 certificate to the Parliamentary Counsel identifying an
26 amendment of a reference in a provision of an Act to another
27 provision of the Act that --
28 (a) is an amendment that should have been made as a
29 clerical amendment before the Act received the Royal
30 Assent in consequence of other amendments made to the
31 Act during its passage through Parliament as a Bill; and
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1 (b) is necessary in order to enable the Act to have the
2 operation and meaning that Parliament intended it to
3 have.
4 (2) A provision of an Act can be amended as identified in a
5 certificate issued under subsection (1) even if the amendment
6 changes the effect of the Act.
7 30. Gender
8 Language that indicates or could be taken to indicate a
9 particular gender can be expressed in a different way (whether
10 gender-neutral or gender-free) so that it is consistent with
11 current drafting practice.
12 Examples for this section:
13 1. The words "he" or "she" or "he or she" can be replaced with the
14 relevant noun.
15 2. The words "his" or "her" or "his or her" can be changed to "their".
16 3. The word "fireman" can be changed to "firefighter".
17 4. The words "Her Majesty the Queen" can be changed to "the
18 Sovereign" or "the Crown".
19 31. Numbers, dates, times, quantities, measurements and
20 similar matters
21 (1) Changes can be made to the way numbers, dates, times,
22 quantities, measurements and similar matters, ideas or concepts
23 are referred to or expressed in a law so as to be consistent with
24 current drafting practice.
25 Examples for this subsection:
26 1. For words that designate a sum of money, figures and the appropriate
27 symbol can be substituted.
28 2. A reference in a form to "this [blank] day of [blank] 19.." can be
29 changed to [date].
30 3. "Per centum" can be changed to "%".
31 (2) Figures that designate a year of the 20th century for the purposes
32 of a formality (for example, as part of the date of completing a
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Division 2 Editorial changes
s. 32
1 form) can be replaced with figures that designate a year of the
2 21st century for those purposes.
3 32. Conjunctives and disjunctives
4 Conjunctives and disjunctives can be inserted, omitted or
5 changed so as to be consistent with current drafting practice.
6 Example for this section:
7 If "and" appears at the end only of the second to last paragraph in a
8 series of 4 paragraphs and the context indicates that "and" can be
9 implied at the end of each of the earlier paragraphs in the series, then
10 "and" can be inserted at the end of those paragraphs.
11 33. Order of definitions or items
12 A law can be changed so as to be consistent with current
13 drafting practice by --
14 (a) changing the sequence in which definitions are listed; or
15 (b) changing the order in which items appear in a list,
16 schedule, table or similar arrangement.
17 34. Minor errors and inconsistencies
18 (1) In this section --
19 minor error means any of the following --
20 (a) a typographical or clerical error;
21 (b) a grammatical error;
22 (c) a spelling error;
23 (d) a punctuation error;
24 (e) an error in the use of conjunctives or disjunctives;
25 (f) a cross-referencing or numbering error;
26 (g) an error in alphabetical, numerical or alphanumerical
27 ordering;
28 (h) an error in a reference to a law or a provision of a law;
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1 (i) an error in or arising out of an amendment to a law,
2 including an error relating to the number of times an
3 amendment is expressed to be made;
4 (j) an error of a similar nature to those mentioned in
5 paragraphs (a) to (i).
6 (2) A law can be changed so as to correct a minor error in the law.
7 (3) Grammar or spelling can be changed so as to be consistent with
8 current drafting practice.
9 (4) Punctuation can be changed or omitted so as to be consistent
10 with current drafting practice.
11 35. Obsolete or redundant provisions
12 The following can be omitted from a law --
13 (a) a provision that has expired or is spent or has had its
14 effect;
15 (b) a repealing provision, including any list of repealed
16 laws;
17 (c) words of enactment;
18 (d) words of attestation or authentication of its making;
19 (e) any signature of the maker of the law;
20 (f) a provision as to the commencement of the law;
21 (g) a provision that consists only of a statement showing the
22 manner in which a law is arranged into Parts or other
23 divisions;
24 (h) a transitional, savings, validation or other similar
25 provision that applies only to a time or event that has
26 passed;
27 (i) a provision that is obsolete or redundant because of the
28 making, operation or effect of a law.
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Division 3 Other matters
s. 36
1 36. Incorporation of certain provisions contained in amending
2 legislation
3 A transitional, savings, validation or other similar provision that
4 is contained in an amending law can be incorporated as a
5 provision of the law to which it relates.
6 37. Numbering and renumbering
7 (1) A provision of a law can be numbered or renumbered in a way
8 that is consistent with current drafting practice.
9 (2) If a provision of a law is numbered or renumbered (including
10 under section 39), a reference in the law or another law to the
11 provision is a reference to the provision as numbered or
12 renumbered.
13 38. Format and printing style changes
14 The format and printing style of a law can be changed so as to
15 be consistent with current drafting practice.
16 Examples for this section:
17 Changes can be made to the setting out of provisions, the placement
18 of conjunctives and disjunctives and the use of capital letters,
19 punctuation, hyphens, italics, bolding and quotation marks.
20 39. Consequential changes
21 A change can be made to a law that is consequential on any
22 other editorial change made to the law or to another law.
23 Division 3 -- Other matters
24 40. Effect of editorial changes
25 If an editorial change is made to a law, the law has effect as if
26 the change had been made by another law that amended the law
27 and commenced on the day on which the change is made.
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1 41. Recording of editorial changes
2 (1) If an editorial change is made to a law, the Parliamentary
3 Counsel must ensure that the change is indicated in a suitable
4 way.
5 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), an editorial change can be
6 indicated as follows --
7 (a) by providing a comparison, or the facility to create a
8 comparison, between versions of a law;
9 (b) by including, in the law in which the change is made, an
10 indication of the change.
11 42. Annual report to include summary of editorial changes
12 (1) In this section --
13 Department means the department of the Public Service
14 principally assisting in the administration of this Act.
15 (2) The annual report submitted by the accountable authority of the
16 Department under the Financial Management Act 2006 Part 5
17 must include a summary of editorial changes made to laws in
18 the financial year to which the report relates.
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Part 4 Miscellaneous
s. 43
1 Part 4 -- Miscellaneous
2 43. Regulations
3 The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that
4 are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are
5 necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the
6 purposes of this Act.
7 44. Review of Act
8 (1) The Minister must carry out a review of the operation and
9 effectiveness of this Act as soon as practicable after the period
10 of 5 years beginning on the day on which this section comes
11 into operation.
12 (2) The Minister must --
13 (a) prepare a report based on the review; and
14 (b) as soon as practicable after the report is prepared, cause
15 it to be laid before each House of Parliament.
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Repeal of Reprints Act 1984 Part 5
s. 45
1 Part 5 -- Repeal of Reprints Act 1984
2 45. Reprints Act 1984 repealed
3 The Reprints Act 1984 is repealed.
4 46. Status of reprints under repealed Act
5 A reprint of a written law under the Act repealed by section 45
6 is taken to be an official version of the written law for the
7 purposes of Part 2 Division 3.
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Part 6 Other Acts amended
Division 1 Interpretation Act 1984 amended
s. 47
1 Part 6 -- Other Acts amended
2 Division 1 -- Interpretation Act 1984 amended
3 47. Act amended
4 This Division amends the Interpretation Act 1984.
5 48. Section 5 amended
6 (1) In section 5 delete the definitions of:
7 Gazette or Government Gazette
8 Government Printer
9 (2) In section 5 insert in alphabetical order:
10
11 Gazette or Government Gazette means the government
12 gazette of Western Australia (or a supplement to that
13 gazette) --
14 (a) published, or purporting to be published, under
15 the authority of the Government --
16 (i) in hard copy form; or
17 (ii) in electronic form (whether or not
18 originally published in hard copy form);
19 and
20 (b) whether published, or purporting to be
21 published, before or after the commencement of
22 the Legislation Act 2018 section 48(2);
23 Government Printer means a person authorised by or
24 on behalf of the Government to publish, in hard copy
25 or electronic form, any written law or any other
26 instrument of the Government;
27 WA legislation website has the meaning given in the
28 Legislation Act 2018 section 4;
29
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Interpretation Act 1984 amended Division 1
s. 49
1 (3) In section 5 in the definition of proclamation delete "Gazette;"
2 and insert:
3
4 Gazette or on the WA legislation website;
5
6 49. Section 10 amended
7 Delete section 10(a) and insert:
8
9 (a) words that indicate or could be taken to indicate
10 a person of a particular gender or sex (for
11 example, he, she, chairman, workman)
12 include --
13 (i) any individual, regardless of gender or
14 sex; and
15 (ii) any person that is not an individual;
16
17 50. Section 19 amended
18 Delete section 19(2)(a) and insert:
19
20 (a) all matters not forming part of the written law
21 that are set out in an official version of the law
22 under the Legislation Act 2018; and
23
24 51. Section 23 amended
25 In section 23(a) delete "Gazette; or" and insert:
26
27 Gazette or on the WA legislation website; or
28
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Part 6 Other Acts amended
Division 2 Evidence Act 1906 amended
s. 52
1 52. Section 24 deleted
2 Delete section 24.
3 53. Section 26 amended
4 Delete section 26(3) and (4) and insert:
5
6 (3) The citation of or reference to a written law is in all
7 cases to be made in accordance with an official version
8 of the law under the Legislation Act 2018.
9
10 54. Section 41 amended
11 Delete section 41(1)(a) and insert:
12
13 (a) be published in the Gazette or on the
14 WA legislation website; and
15
16 55. Section 42 amended
17 (1) In section 42(1) delete "Gazette." and insert:
18
19 Gazette or on the WA legislation website.
20
21 (2) In section 42(4)(a) and (b) and (5) after "Gazette" insert:
22
23 or on the WA legislation website
24
25 Division 2 -- Evidence Act 1906 amended
26 56. Act amended
27 This Division amends the Evidence Act 1906.
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Other Acts amended Part 6
Evidence Act 1906 amended Division 2
s. 57
1 57. Section 3 amended
2 In section 3 in the definition of Government Printer:
3 (a) after "printing" insert:
4
5 or publishing
6
7 (b) delete "printer purporting to be the printer authorised to
8 print" and insert:
9
10 person purporting to be authorised to print or publish
11
12 58. Section 53 amended
13 In section 53(2):
14 (a) delete "paper" and insert:
15
16 document (whether in printed or electronic form)
17
18 (b) after "printed" insert:
19
20 or published
21
22 59. Section 57 amended
23 In section 57(1)(b) after "printed" insert:
24
25 or published
26
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Part 6 Other Acts amended
Division 2 Evidence Act 1906 amended
s. 60
1 60. Section 58 amended
2 In section 58(1)(b) after "printed" insert:
3
4 or published
5
6 61. Section 69A amended
7 In section 69A:
8 (a) in paragraph (c) after "printed" insert:
9
10 or published
11
12 (b) delete "or printed," and insert:
13
14 printed, published,
15
16 62. Section 74 amended
17 In section 74 delete "paper" (each occurrence) and insert:
18
19 document
20
21 63. Section 75 amended
22 In section 75:
23 (a) delete "paper purporting to be printed" and insert:
24
25 document purporting to be printed or published
26
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Other Acts amended Part 6
Evidence Act 1906 amended Division 2
s. 64
1 (b) delete "paper was printed" and insert:
2
3 document was printed or published
4
5 64. Section 78 amended
6 In section 78:
7 (a) delete "printed paper" and insert:
8
9 document
10
11 (b) after "printed" (2nd occurrence) insert:
12
13 or published
14
15 (c) in paragraph (a) delete "printed in such paper" and
16 insert:
17
18 set out in the document
19
20 (d) in paragraph (b) delete "by such paper" and insert:
21
22 from the document
23
24
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Defined terms
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined.
The list is not part of the law.]
Defined term Provision(s)
amend .................................................................................................................... 4
current drafting practice ........................................................................................ 4
Department .................................................................................................... 42(1)
editorial change ..................................................................................................... 4
Imperial enactment ............................................................................................... 4
law ............................................................................................................. 4, 25(1)
minor error ..................................................................................................... 34(1)
official version ...................................................................................................... 4
PCO ...................................................................................................................... 4
prescribed.............................................................................................................. 4
referential words ............................................................................................ 28(3)
WA legislation website ................................................................................ 4, 9(1)
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