Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955

All regulations made under an Ordinance shall be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which the regulations are made and, if they are not so laid before each House of the Parliament, have no effect.

In subsection (1), a regulation made under a law in force in the Territory:

does not include a regulation of Western Australia as in force in the Territory under section 8A; and

includes a regulation made by a person or an authority empowered, under section 8G, to make the regulation under an applied Western Australian law.

Subsections 13(2) to (4B), inclusive, and sections 13A, 13B and 13C apply in relation to regulations laid before a House of the Parliament as if, in those provisions:

references to subsection 13(1) were references to subsection (1) of this section; and

references to an Ordinance were references to regulations; and

references to a provision of an Ordinance were references to a regulation.

In this section, regulations includes rules and by‑laws.