Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where an Ordinance (in this section called the original Ordinance ) has been made, no Ordinance containing a provision being the same in substance as a provision of the original Ordinance shall be made during the period defined by subsection ( 2) unless both Houses of the Parliament by resolution approve the making of an Ordinance containing a provision the same in substance as that provision of the original Ordinance.
(2) The period referred to in subsection ( 1) is the period starting on the day on which the original Ordinance was made and ending at the end of 7 days after:
(a) if the original Ordinance has been laid, in accordance with subsection 12(1), before both Houses of the Parliament on the same day--that day;
(b) if the original Ordinance has been so laid before both Houses on different days--the later of those days; or
(c) if the original Ordinance has not been so laid before both Houses--the last day on which subsection 12(1) could have been complied with.
(3) If a provision of an Ordinance is made in contravention of this section, the provision has no effect.