ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 2000
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 2000
As in force at 23 May 2011
Table of provisions
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Object .............................................................................................. 1
4 Outline of Act ................................................................................... 1
5 Definitions ........................................................................................ 2
6 Crown to be bound .......................................................................... 4
6A Exemptions ...................................................................................... 4
Part 2 Application of legal requirements to
electronic communications
Division 1 General rule about validity of transactions for
purposes of Territory laws
7 Validity of electronic transactions .................................................... 5
Division 2 Requirements under Territory laws
8 Writing ............................................................................................. 5
9 Signatures ....................................................................................... 6
10 Production of document ................................................................... 7
11 Retention of information and documents ......................................... 9
Division 3 Other provisions relating to Territory laws
13 Time of dispatch ............................................................................ 11
13A Time of receipt ............................................................................... 11
13B Place of dispatch and place of receipt ........................................... 12
14 Attribution of electronic communications ....................................... 13
Part 2A Additional provisions applying to
contracts involving electronic
communications
14A Application of Part ......................................................................... 13
14B Invitation to treat regarding contracts ............................................ 14
14C Use of automated message systems for contract formation –
non-intervention of individual ......................................................... 14
14D Error in electronic communications regarding contracts ................ 14
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14E Application of Act in relation to contracts ....................................... 15
Part 3 Miscellaneous matters
15 Regulations.................................................................................... 16
Part 4 Transitional matters
16 Transitional matters for Electronic Transactions (Northern
Territory) Amendment Act 2011..................................................... 16
ENDNOTES
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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As in force at 23 May 2011
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ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 2000
An Act to facilitate electronic transactions, and for other purposes
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Electronic Transactions (Northern
Territory) Act 2000.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the date fixed by the Administrator
by notice in the Gazette.
3 Object
The object of this Act is to provide a regulatory framework that:
(a) recognises the importance of the information economy to the
future economic and social prosperity of Australia; and
(b) facilitates the use of electronic transactions; and
(c) promotes business and community confidence in the use of
electronic transactions; and
(d) enables business and the community to use electronic
communications in their dealings with government.
4 Outline of Act
(1) The following is an outline of this Act intended as a guide to the
general scheme and effect of the Act:
(a) for the purposes of a law of the Territory, a transaction is not
invalid because it took place by means of one or more
electronic communications;
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(b) the following requirements imposed under a law of the
Territory may generally be met in electronic form:
(i) a requirement to give information in writing;
(ii) a requirement to provide a signature;
(iii) a requirement to produce a document;
(iv) a requirement to record information;
(v) a requirement to retain a document;
(c) for the purposes of a law of the Territory, provision is made for
determining the time and place of the dispatch and receipt of
an electronic communication;
(d) the purported originator of an electronic communication is
bound by it for the purposes of a law of the Territory only if the
communication was sent by or with the authority of the
purported originator.
(2) This Act also contains provisions applying to contracts involving
electronic communications, including provisions (relating to the
internet in particular) for the following:
(a) an unaddressed proposal to form a contract is to be regarded
as an invitation to make offers, rather than as an offer that if
accepted would result in a contract;
(b) a contract formed automatically is not invalid, void or
unenforceable because there was no human review or
intervention;
(c) a portion of an electronic communication containing an input
error can be withdrawn in certain circumstances;
(d) the application of certain provisions of Part 2 to the extent they
do not apply of their own force.
5 Definitions
In this Act:
addressee, of an electronic communication, means a person who
is intended by the originator to receive the electronic
communication, but does not include a person acting as an
intermediary with respect to the electronic communication.
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automated message system means a computer program or an
electronic or other automated means used to initiate an action or
respond to data messages in whole or in part, without review or
intervention by an individual each time an action is initiated or a
response is generated by the system.
consent includes consent that can reasonably be inferred from the
conduct of the person concerned but does not include consent
given subject to conditions unless the conditions are complied with.
data includes the whole or part of a computer program as defined
in section 10(1) of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
data storage device means any article or material (for example, a
disk) from which information is capable of being reproduced, with or
without the aid of any other article or device.
electronic communication means:
(a) a communication of information in the form of data, text or
images by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic
energy, or both; or
(b) a communication of information in the form of sound by means
of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy, or both, where
the sound is processed at its destination by an automated
voice recognition system.
information means information in the form of data, text, images or
sound.
information system means a system for generating, sending,
receiving, storing or otherwise processing electronic
communications.
information technology requirements includes software
requirements.
law of the Territory means a law in force in the Territory, whether
written or unwritten, but does not include a law of the
Commonwealth.
non-profit body means a body that is carried on for purposes other
than for profit or gain to its individual members and is, by the terms
of the body's constitution, prohibited from making any distribution,
whether in money, property or otherwise, to its members.
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originator, of an electronic communication, means a person by
whom, or on whose behalf, the electronic communication has been
sent or generated before storage, if any, but does not include a
person acting as an intermediary with respect to the electronic
communication.
performance, of a contract, includes non-performance of the
contract.
place of business means:
(a) in relation to a person, other than an entity mentioned in
paragraph (b) – a place where the person maintains a
non-transitory establishment to pursue an economic activity
other than the temporary provision of goods or services out of
a specific location; or
(b) in relation to a government, an authority of a government or a
non-profit body – a place where any operations or activities
are carried out by that government, authority or body.
transaction includes:
(a) any transaction in the nature of a contract, agreement or other
arrangement; and
(b) any statement, declaration, demand, notice or request,
including an offer and the acceptance of an offer, that the
parties are required to make or choose to make in connection
with the formation or performance of a contract, agreement or
other arrangement; and
(c) any transaction of a non-commercial nature.
6 Crown to be bound
This Act binds the Crown in right of the Territory and, to the extent
that the legislative power of the Legislative Assembly permits, the
Crown in all its other capacities.
6A Exemptions
(1) A regulation may provide that all or specified provisions of this Act
do not apply:
(a) to specified transactions, requirements, permissions,
electronic communications or other matters; or
(b) to specified classes of matters mentioned in paragraph (a); or
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(c) in specified circumstances or specified classes of
circumstances.
(2) A regulation may provide that all or specified provisions of this Act
do not apply to specified laws of the Territory.
Part 2 Application of legal requirements to electronic
communications
Division 1 General rule about validity of transactions for
purposes of Territory laws
7 Validity of electronic transactions
(1) For the purposes of a law of the Territory, a transaction is not
invalid because it took place wholly or partly by means of one or
more electronic communications.
(2) The general rule in subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the
validity of a transaction to the extent to which another, more
specific, provision of this Part deals with the validity of the
transaction.
Division 2 Requirements under Territory laws
8 Writing
(1) If, under a law of the Territory, a person is required to give
information in writing, the requirement is taken to have been met if
the person gives the information by means of an electronic
communication where:
(a) at the time the information was given, it was reasonable to
expect that the information would be readily accessible so as
to be useable for subsequent reference; and
(b) the person to whom the information is required to be given
consents to the information being given by means of an
electronic communication.
(2) If, under a law of the Territory, a person is permitted to give
information in writing, the person may give the information by
means of an electronic communication where:
(a) at the time the information was given, it was reasonable to
expect that the information would be readily accessible so as
to be useable for subsequent reference; and
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(b) the person to whom the information is permitted to be given
consents to the information being given by means of an
electronic communication.
(3) This section does not affect the operation of any other law of the
Territory that makes provision for or in relation to requiring or
permitting information to be given, in accordance with particular
information technology requirements:
(a) on a particular kind of data storage device; or
(b) by means of a particular kind of electronic communication.
(4) This section applies to a requirement or permission to give
information whether the expression give, send or serve, or any
other expression, is used.
(5) For this section, give information includes, but is not limited to, the
following:
(a) make an application;
(b) make or lodge a claim;
(c) give, send or serve a notification;
(d) lodge a return;
(e) make a request;
(f) make a declaration;
(g) lodge or issue a certificate;
(h) make, vary or cancel an election;
(j) lodge an objection;
(k) give a statement of reasons.
9 Signatures
(1) If, under a law of the Territory, the signature of a person is required,
the requirement is taken to have been met in relation to an
electronic communication if:
(a) a method is used to identify the person and to indicate the
person's intention in respect of the information communicated;
and
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(b) the method used was:
(i) as reliable as appropriate for the purpose for which the
electronic communication was generated or
communicated, in the light of all the circumstances,
including any relevant agreement; or
(ii) proven in fact to have fulfilled the functions described in
paragraph (a), by itself or together with further evidence;
and
(c) the person to whom the signature is required to be given
consents to the requirement being met by the use of the
method mentioned in paragraph (a).
(2) This section does not affect the operation of any other law of the
Territory that makes provision for or in relation to requiring:
(a) an electronic communication to contain an electronic signature
(however described); or
(b) an electronic communication to contain a unique identification
in an electronic form; or
(c) a particular method to be used in relation to an electronic
communication to identify the originator of the communication
and to indicate the originator's intention in respect of the
information communicated.
(3) The reference in subsection (1) to a law that requires a signature
includes a reference to a law that provides consequences for the
absence of a signature.
10 Production of document
(1) If, under a law of the Territory, a person is required to produce a
document that is in the form of paper, an article or other material,
the requirement is taken to have been met if the person produces,
by means of an electronic communication, an electronic form of the
document where:
(a) having regard to all the relevant circumstances at the time the
communication was sent, the method of generating the
electronic form of the document provided a reliable means of
assuring the maintenance of the integrity of the information
contained in the document; and
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(b) at the time the communication was sent, it was reasonable to
expect that the information contained in the electronic form of
the document would be readily accessible so as to be useable
for subsequent reference; and
(c) the person to whom the document is required to be produced
consents to the production, by means of an electronic
communication, of an electronic form of the document.
(2) If, under a law of the Territory, a person is permitted to produce a
document that is in the form of paper, an article or other material,
then, instead of producing the document in that form, the person
may produce, by means of an electronic communication, an
electronic form of the document where:
(a) having regard to all the relevant circumstances at the time the
communication was sent, the method of generating the
electronic form of the document provided a reliable means of
assuring the maintenance of the integrity of the information
contained in the document; and
(b) at the time the communication was sent, it was reasonable to
expect that the information contained in the electronic form of
the document would be readily accessible so as to be useable
for subsequent reference; and
(c) the person to whom the document is permitted to be produced
consents to the production, by means of an electronic
communication, of an electronic form of the document.
(3) For this section, the integrity of information contained in a document
is maintained only if the information has remained complete and
unaltered, apart from:
(a) the addition of an endorsement; or
(b) an immaterial change;
which arises in the normal course of communication, storage or
display.
(4) This section does not affect the operation of any other law of the
Territory that makes provision for or in relation to requiring or
permitting electronic forms of documents to be produced, in
accordance with particular information technology requirements:
(a) on a particular kind of data storage device; or
(b) by means of a particular kind of electronic communication.
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11 Retention of information and documents
(1) If, under a law of the Territory, a person is required to record
information in writing, the requirement is taken to have been met if
the person records the information in electronic form where:
(a) at the time of the recording of the information, it was
reasonable to expect that the information would be readily
accessible so as to be useable for subsequent reference; and
(b) if the regulations require that the information be recorded on a
particular kind of data storage device – the requirement has
been met.
(2) If, under a law of the Territory, a person is required to retain, for a
particular period, a document that is in the form of paper, an article
or other material, the requirement is taken to have been met if the
person retains, or causes another person to retain, an electronic
form of the document throughout that period where:
(a) having regard to all the relevant circumstances at the time of
the generation of the electronic form of the document, the
method of generating the electronic form of the document
provided a reliable means of assuring the maintenance of the
integrity of the information contained in the document; and
(b) at the time of the generation of the electronic form of the
document, it was reasonable to expect that the information
contained in the electronic form of the document would be
readily accessible so as to be useable for subsequent
reference; and
(c) if the regulations require that the electronic form of the
document be retained on a particular kind of data storage
device – the requirement of the regulations has been met
throughout that period.
(3) For subsection (2), the integrity of information contained in a
document is maintained only if the information has remained
complete and unaltered, apart from:
(a) the addition of an endorsement; or
(b) an immaterial change;
which arises in the normal course of communication, storage or
display.
(4) If, under a law of the Territory, a person (the first person) is
required to retain, for a particular period, information that was the
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subject of an electronic communication, the requirement is taken to
have been met if the first person retains, or causes another person
to retain, in electronic form, the information throughout that period
where:
(a) at the time of commencement of the retention of the
information, it was reasonable to expect that the information
would be readily accessible so as to be useable for
subsequent reference; and
(b) having regard to all the relevant circumstances at the time of
commencement of the retention of the information, the method
of retaining the information in electronic form provided a
reliable means of assuring the maintenance of the integrity of
the information contained in the electronic communication;
and
(c) throughout that period, the first person also retains, or causes
the other person to retain, in electronic form, the additional
information obtained by the first person that is sufficient to
enable the identification of the following:
(i) the origin of the electronic communication;
(ii) the destination of the electronic communication;
(iii) the time when the electronic communication was sent;
(iv) the time when the electronic communication was
received; and
(d) at the time of commencement of the retention of the additional
information mentioned in paragraph (c), it was reasonable to
expect that the additional information would be readily
accessible so as to be useable for subsequent reference; and
(e) if the regulations require that the information be retained on a
particular kind of data storage device – the requirement of the
regulations has been met throughout that period.
(5) For subsection (4), the integrity of information that was the subject
of an electronic communication is maintained only if the information
has remained complete and unaltered, apart from:
(a) the addition of an endorsement; or
(b) an immaterial change;
which arises in the normal course of communication, storage or
display.
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13 Time of dispatch
(1) For the purposes of a law of the Territory, unless otherwise agreed
between the originator and the addressee of an electronic
communication, the time of dispatch of the electronic
communication is:
(a) the time when the electronic communication leaves an
information system under the control of the originator or of the
party who sent it on behalf of the originator; or
(b) if the electronic communication has not left an information
system under the control of the originator or of the party who
sent it on behalf of the originator – the time when the
electronic communication is received by the addressee.
Note for paragraph (b)
Paragraph (b) would apply to a case where the parties exchange electronic
communications through the same information system.
(2) Subsection (1) applies even though the place where the information
system supporting an electronic address is located may be different
from the place where the electronic communication is taken to have
been dispatched under section 13B.
13A Time of receipt
(1) For the purposes of a law of the Territory, unless otherwise agreed
between the originator and the addressee of an electronic
communication:
(a) the time of receipt of the electronic communication is the time
when the electronic communication becomes capable of being
retrieved by the addressee at an electronic address
designated by the addressee; or
(b) the time of receipt of the electronic communication at another
electronic address of the addressee is the time when both:
(i) the electronic communication has become capable of
being retrieved by the addressee at that address; and
(ii) the addressee has become aware that the electronic
communication has been sent to that address.
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(2) For subsection (1), unless otherwise agreed between the originator
and the addressee of the electronic communication, it is to be
assumed that the electronic communication is capable of being
retrieved by the addressee when it reaches the addressee's
electronic address.
(3) Subsection (1) applies even though the place where the information
system supporting an electronic address is located may be different
from the place where the electronic communication is taken to have
been received under section 13B.
13B Place of dispatch and place of receipt
(1) For the purposes of a law of the Territory, unless otherwise agreed
between the originator and the addressee of an electronic
communication:
(a) the electronic communication is taken to have been
dispatched at the place where the originator has its place of
business; and
(b) the electronic communication is taken to have been received
at the place where the addressee has its place of business.
(2) For the application of subsection (1) to an electronic
communication:
(a) a party's place of business is assumed to be the location
indicated by that party, unless another party demonstrates that
the party making the indication does not have a place of
business at that location; and
(b) if a party has not indicated a place of business and has only
one place of business, it is to be assumed that that place is
the party's place of business; and
(c) if a party has not indicated a place of business and has more
than one place of business, the place of business is that which
has the closest relationship to the underlying transaction,
having regard to the circumstances known to or contemplated
by the parties at any time before or at the conclusion of the
transaction; and
(d) if a party has not indicated a place of business and has more
than one place of business, but paragraph (c) does not
apply – it is to be assumed that the party's principal place of
business is the party's only place of business; and
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(e) if a party is an individual and does not have a place of
business – it is to be assumed that the party's place of
business is the place of the party's habitual residence.
(3) A location is not a party's place of business merely because it is
where:
(a) equipment and technology supporting an information system
used by the party are located; or
(b) the information system may be accessed by other parties.
(4) The sole fact that a party makes use of a domain name or
electronic address connected to a specific country does not create
a presumption that its place of business is located in that country.
14 Attribution of electronic communications
(1) For the purposes of a law of the Territory, unless otherwise agreed
between the purported originator and the addressee of an
electronic communication, the purported originator of the electronic
communication is bound by the communication only if the
communication was sent by, or with the authority of, the purported
originator.
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of a law of the Territory
that makes provision for:
(a) conduct engaged in by a person within the scope of the
person's actual or apparent authority to be attributed to
another person; or
(b) a person to be bound by conduct engaged in by another
person within the scope of the other person's actual or
apparent authority.
Part 2A Additional provisions applying to contracts
involving electronic communications
14A Application of Part
This Part applies to the use of electronic communications in
connection with the formation or performance of a contract between
parties where the proper law of the contract is (or would on its
formation be) the law of the Territory, and so applies:
(a) whether some of or all the parties are located within Australia
or elsewhere; and
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(b) whether the contract is for business purposes, personal, family
or household purposes or other purposes.
14B Invitation to treat regarding contracts
(1) This section applies to a proposal to form a contract that:
(a) is made through one or more electronic communications; and
(b) is not addressed to one or more specific parties; and
(c) is generally accessible to parties making use of information
systems.
(2) The proposal is to be considered as an invitation to make offers,
unless it clearly indicates the intention of the party making the
proposal to be bound in case of acceptance.
(3) Subsection (2) extends to proposals that make use of interactive
applications for the placement of orders through information
systems.
14C Use of automated message systems for contract formation –
non-intervention of individual
(1) This section applies to a contract formed by:
(a) the interaction of an automated message system and an
individual; or
(b) the interaction of automated message systems.
(2) The contract is not invalid, void or unenforceable on the sole
ground that no individual reviewed or intervened in each of the
individual actions carried out by the automated message systems
or the resulting contract.
14D Error in electronic communications regarding contracts
(1) This section applies in relation to a statement, declaration, demand,
notice or request, including an offer and the acceptance of an offer,
that the parties are required to make or choose to make in
connection with the formation or performance of a contract.
(2) If:
(a) an individual makes an input error in an electronic
communication exchanged with the automated message
system of another party; and
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(b) the automated message system does not provide the
individual with an opportunity to correct the error;
the individual, or the party on whose behalf the individual was
acting, has the right to withdraw the portion of the electronic
communication in which the input error was made.
(3) However, the right of withdrawal of a portion of the electronic
communication can be exercised only if:
(a) the individual, or the party on whose behalf the individual was
acting, notifies the other party of the error as soon as possible
after having learned of the error and indicates that he or she
made an error in the electronic communication; and
(b) the individual, or the party on whose behalf the individual was
acting, has not used or received any material benefit or value
from the goods or services, if any, received from the other
party.
(4) The right of withdrawal of a portion of the electronic communication
is not of itself a right to rescind or otherwise terminate a contract.
(5) Any consequences of the exercise of the right of withdrawal of a
portion of the electronic communication are to be determined in
accordance with any applicable rule of law.
Note for section 14D
In some circumstances the withdrawal of a portion of an electronic
communication may invalidate the entire communication or render it ineffective
for the purposes of contract formation (see paragraph 241 of the UNCITRAL
explanatory note for the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic
Communications in International Contracts).
14E Application of Act in relation to contracts
(1) Subject to subsection (2), sections 7 and 13 to 13B apply to the
following in the same way as they apply to a transaction or
electronic communication mentioned in those sections, and apply
as if the words "For the purposes of a law of the Territory" were
omitted:
(a) a transaction constituted by or relating to a contract;
(b) an electronic communication relating to the formation or
performance of a contract.
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(2) However, this Part (including subsection (1)) does not apply in
relation to a contract to the extent that:
(a) Part 2 would of its own force have the same effect as this Part
if this Part applied; or
(b) a law of another State or Territory (that is in substantially the
same terms as Part 2) would of its own force have the same
effect as this Part if this Part applied.
Note for section 14E
This section applies provisions of Part 2 to contracts or proposed contracts to the
extent that those provisions do not apply merely because they are expressed to
apply in relation to a law of the Territory. This section also disapplies the
provisions of Part 2A to the extent that Part 2 would apply of its own force. An
example where Part 2 may not apply of its own force is where a contract is being
negotiated in a State or Territory from a supplier located overseas.
Part 3 Miscellaneous matters
15 Regulations
The Administrator may make regulations under this Act.
Part 4 Transitional matters
16 Transitional matters for Electronic Transactions (Northern
Territory) Amendment Act 2011
(1) Regulations made under this Act before the commencement of
section 6A and in force immediately before that commencement
have effect as if that section had been in force when they were
made.
(2) Subject to subsection (3):
(a) section 14B extends to proposals made before the
commencement date; and
(b) section 14C extends to actions carried out before the
commencement date; and
(c) section 14D extends to statements, declarations, demands,
notices or requests, including offers and the acceptance of
offers, made or given before the commencement date.
(3) Subsection (2) and Part 2A do not apply in relation to contracts
formed before the commencement date.
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(4) In this section:
commencement date means the date of commencement of
Part 2A.
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Act 2000 (Act No. 71, 2000)
Assent date 14 December 2000
Commenced 13 June 2001 (Gaz G23, 13 June 2001, p 2)
Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 2011 (Act No. 12, 2011)
Assent date 18 April 2011
Commenced 23 May 2011 (Gaz S19, 4 May 2011)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: s 1.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
pt 1 hdg amd No. 12, 2011, s 15
s 3 amd No. 12, 2011, s 15
s 4 amd No. 12, 2011, s 4
s 5 amd No. 12, 2011, s 5
s 6A ins No. 12, 2011, s 6
pt 2
div 1 hdg amd No. 12, 2011, s 15
s 7 amd No. 12, 2011, s 7
pt 2
div 2 hdg amd No. 12, 2011, s 15
s 8 amd No. 12, 2011, s 15
s 9 amd No. 12, 2011, s 8
ss 10 – 11 amd No. 12, 2011, s 15
s 12 rep No. 12, 2011, s 9
pt 2
div 3 hdg amd No. 12, 2011, s 15
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s 13 sub No. 12, 2011, s 10
ss 13A – 13B ins No. 12, 2011, s 10
s 14 amd No. 12, 2011, s 11
pt 2A hdg ins No. 12, 2011, s 12
ss 14A – 14E ins No. 12, 2011, s 12
pt 3 hdg amd No. 12, 2011, s 15
s 15 sub No. 12, 2011, s 13
pt 4 hdg ins No. 12, 2011, s 14
s 16 ins No. 12, 2011, s 14
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