Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where a proposed law has been passed by the Assembly, the Chief Minister, or another person authorised by enactment to do so, shall publish in the Territory Gazette a notice of the proposed law having been passed and of the place or places where copies of the law can be purchased.
(2) Where a proposed law is notified in the Territory Gazette , it takes effect upon the day of notification or, if the proposed law otherwise provides, as so provided.
(3) At the time of publication of the notice under subsection (1) of the passing of a proposed law or as soon as practicable thereafter, copies of the law shall be made available for purchase at the place, or at each of the places, specified in the notice.
(4) Where, on the day of publication of the notice under subsection (1) of the passing of a proposed law, there are no copies of the law available for purchase at the place, or at one or more of the places, specified in the notice, the Chief Minister shall cause to be laid before the Assembly, within 15 sitting days of the Assembly after that day, a statement that copies of the law were not so available and the reason why they were not so available.
(5) Failure to comply with the requirements of subsection (3) or (4) in relation to a proposed law shall not be taken to constitute a failure to comply with subsection (1).
(6) Subsections (1) to (5) (inclusive) cease to have effect on and after the commencement of an enactment providing for:
(a) the publication of a notice of the passing of a proposed law by the Assembly otherwise than under subsection (1); and
(b) the commencement of such a proposed law.