References to former Act and this Act
19 References to former Act and this Act
In any other Act or in any instrument made under another Act (and except as provided by subclauses (2) and (3))—
subject to paragraph (b), a reference to the former Act is to be read on and from the repeal day as a reference to this Act, and
a reference to a provision of the former Act is to be read on and from the repeal day as a reference to the provision or provisions (if any) of this Act that correspond or substantially correspond to the provision of the former Act.
Subclause (1) does not apply to a reference to the former Act in any of the following provisions—
Schedule 3 to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995,
Schedule 1 to the Local Courts Act 1982,
Schedule 8 to the Jury Act 1977,
Schedule 1 to the Subordinate Legislation (Repeal) Act 1985,
such other provisions of other Acts, or instruments made under other Acts, as may be prescribed by the regulations.
A reference to this Act in any of the following provisions is to be read as including a reference to the former Act—
section 39(2) and (4) of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995,
section 45U(1)(c)(iii) of the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998,
such other provisions of other Acts, or instruments made under other Acts, as may be prescribed by the regulations.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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