s 62C
In forceChanges in drafting practice do not affect meaning
Part VIIGeneral
Division 1Construction
62C Changes in drafting practice do not affect meaning
(1)
Subsection (2) applies if:
(a)
a provision of an Act expresses an idea in particular words; and
(b) a provision of the Act enacted later appears to express the same idea in different words for the purpose of implementing a different legislative drafting practice.
(2) The ideas must not be taken to be different merely because different words are used.
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