: see subsection 5(1).

: see section 15C.

, of a registered law or explanatory statement: see section 15ZA.

, in relation to a legislative instrument, means a copy of the instrument certified to be a true copy of the full text of the instrument as it was made.

, in relation to an Act, legislative instrument or notifiable instrument, means an instrument providing solely for the commencement of:

(a) the Act or instrument; or

(b) a provision of the Act or instrument.

day

means the day on which section 20 of this Act commences.

Note: Section 20 of this Act commenced on 1 January 2005 (see section 2).

, in relation to a legislative instrument that has, with effect from a particular time, been amended by an Act or Acts or by another legislative instrument or legislative instruments, means the first‐mentioned legislative instrument as amended and in force at that time.

: see the definition of

compilation

in this section.

means a legislative instrument to which section 42 applies.

Note: Section 42 provides for the parliamentary disallowance of legislative instruments. Section 42 does not apply to some legislative instruments (see section 44).

, for an Act, legislative instrument or notifiable instrument: see section 15Q.

, in relation to an Act, legislative instrument or notifiable instrument: see section 15X.

legislation

, in relation to a legislative instrument, means the Act or legislative instrument, or the part of an Act or of a legislative instrument, that authorises the making of the legislative instrument concerned.

, in relation to a legislative instrument or notifiable instrument, means the primary law that authorises the making of the instrument.

, in relation to a legislative instrument, means the statement that relates to the instrument and meets the requirements in subsection 26(1A).

means the register established and maintained under section 15A.

, in relation to a legislative instrument, means use of such language in the legislative instrument in circumstances where it is not necessary to identify persons by their sex.

: see section 15J.

does not include an explanatory statement or a compilation.

instrument

has the meaning given by section 5 and includes instruments that are declared to be instruments under section 6 but does not include:

(a) instruments that are declared not to be legislative instruments under section 7; or

, in respect of a legislative instrument, explanatory statement, compilation or other document required to be d under Part 4, means in such manner, and in such form or forms, as this Act or the regulations specify.