Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2007

i Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 2 of 2007 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Purpose 1 2 Commencement 1 3 Act titles 2 4 Omission of date of passing in reprint of Act 2 5 New section 54A inserted 2 54A Style changes 2 6 New Schedule 1 inserted 3 SCHEDULE 1—Style Changes 3 7 Repeal of Act 4 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 5 -- 1 of 6 -- 1 Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2007 † No. 2 of 2007 [Assented to 6 March 2007] The Parliament of Victoria enacts: 1 Purpose The main purpose of this Act is to provide for the updating of Acts and statutory rules to bring them into conformity with current drafting style. 2 Commencement This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. Victoria -- 2 of 6 -- Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 2 of 2007 2 3 Act titles After section 10(2) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 insert— '(2A) The Clerk of the Parliaments must alter the title appearing before the enacting words (or, if there is a preamble, before the preamble) in a Bill that is to be presented to the Governor for the Royal Assent by substituting the word "Act" for the word "Bill". (2B) The alteration of a Bill to give effect to subsection (2A) is not to be taken to be an amendment of the Bill.'. 4 Omission of date of passing in reprint of Act After section 21A(2) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 insert— "(3) In reprinting an Act the Government Printer may omit the indorsement on the Act of the date of its passing. (4) Nothing in subsection (3) affects the status of the indorsement as part of the Act. Note See Constitution Act 1975, section 69.". 5 New section 54A inserted After section 54 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 insert— "54A Style changes (1) Schedule 1 sets out style changes in Acts and statutory rules. (2) The Chief Parliamentary Counsel, in preparing an Act or statutory rule for reprinting or other publication, may authorise an alteration to be made to text or s. 3 See: Act No. 10096. Reprint No. 8 as at 7 June 2006. LawToday: www. legislation. vic.gov.au -- 3 of 6 -- Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 2 of 2007 3 other matter forming part of the Act or statutory rule to give effect to the style changes set out in Schedule 1. (3) An alteration made to an Act under subsection (2) has effect for all purposes, other than section 21A(2) of this Act, as if it had been made by an Act. (4) An alteration made to a statutory rule under subsection (2) has effect for all purposes, other than section 18(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994, as if it had been made by a statutory rule.". 6 New Schedule 1 inserted After Part IV of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 insert— 'SCHEDULE 1 Section 54A STYLE CHANGES 1 For an expression specified in column 1 of the Table substitute the expression specified opposite it in column 2 of the Table— Table column 1 old style column 2 new style Sub-division Subdivision sub-section subsection sub-paragraph subparagraph sub-sub-paragraph sub-subparagraph sub-clause subclause s. 6 -- 4 of 6 -- Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 2 of 2007 4 column 1 old style column 2 new style sub-sub-clause sub-subclause sub-regulation subregulation sub-rule subrule 2 For a Division or Subdivision heading that is not formatted using a style under which only the first letter of the initial word and of any proper noun is capitalised substitute that heading formatted using that style. 3 For a note at the foot of a provision that is not formatted under the heading "Note" or "Notes" substitute that note under the heading "Note" or "Notes" (according to whether there is more than one note at the foot of the provision). 4 In a note that is reformatted in accordance with clause 3 omit the expression "Note:" and any number contained within that expression and insert that number (if any) at the beginning of the note. 5 Omit any double quotation marks around a defined word or defined expression. Note Defined words and expressions are printed in bold italics. 6 Omit the full stop immediately following the provision number at the beginning of a provision.'. 7 Repeal of Act This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its commencement. ═══════════════ s. 7 -- 5 of 6 -- Interpretation of Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 2 of 2007 5 ENDNOTES † Minister's second reading speech— Legislative Assembly: 20 December 2006 Legislative Council: 14 February 2007 The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 to provide for style changes in Acts and statutory rules and for other purposes." Endnotes -- 6 of 6 --