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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 8 Hansard (7 August) . . Page.. 2517 ..
Schedule 2
Proposed new amendments 2.23A to 2.23R
Page 41, line 8-
[2.23A] Section 59 (1)
substitute
(1) The registrable instruments registered in each year must be numbered by the parliamentary counsel as nearly as practicable in the order in which they are notified.
Explanatory note
This amendment will ensure that instruments are generally numbered in the order in which that are notified, whether notification is made in the Gazette or the register.[2.23B] Section 60 (1)
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This section applies if the name that a registrable instrument gives to itself-
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This section applies if a registrable instrument is unnamed or the name it gives to itself-
Explanatory note
This amendment is to authorise the parliamentary counsel to add a name to an unnamed instrument that is to be registered. This refinement would help legislation users in finding instruments on the register.[2.23C] Section 60 (2) and (3)
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(2) The parliamentary counsel is authorised, before notifying the registrable instrument under this Act-
(a) to add a name to an unnamed instrument; or
(a) to amend the instrument's name to bring it into line with current drafting practice.
If the name of a registrable instrument is added or amended under this section, the instrument has effect for all purposes as if the instrument were made with the name as added or amended.
Explanatory note
This amendment is consequential on amendment 2.23B.
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