Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2003

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

            

CHAPTER 1--Introduction
            

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Object  
   3A.     Simplified outline of this Act  
   3AA.    Norfolk Island  
   4.      The Dictionary  
   5.      Definitions of amend and modify  
   6.      Definitions of rule - maker and responsible person  

   PART 2--KEY--CONCEPTS FOR LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND NOTIFIABLE INSTRUMENTS

   7.      Simplified outline of this Part  
   8.      Definition of legislative instrument  
   9.      Inference of legislative character  
   10.     Instruments declared to be legislative instruments  
   11.     Definition of notifiable instrument  
   12.     Commencement of legislative instruments and notifiable instruments  
   13.     Construction of legislative instruments and notifiable instruments  
   14.     Prescribing matters by reference to other instruments  
            

CHAPTER 2--Registration of Acts, legislative instruments and notifiable instruments
            

   PART 1--THE--FEDERAL REGISTER OF LEGISLATION

           Division 1--Simplified outline of this Part

   15.     Simplified outline of this Part  

           Division 2--Federal Register of Legislation

   15A.    Federal Register of Legislation--establishment and maintenance  
   15B.    Federal Register of Legislation--complete record of registered laws  
   15C.    Federal Register of Legislation--access to registered material on approved website  
   15D.    Federal Register of Legislation--rectification of Register  
   15DA.   Requirement for re - tabling and new disallowance period after rectification of Register  
   15E.    Federal Register of Legislation--keeping the Register  

           Division 3--Registration on Federal Register of Legislation

   15F.    Registration of Acts  
   15G.    Lodgement of legislative instruments and notifiable instruments, and other material  
   15H.    Registration of legislative instruments and notifiable instruments, and other documents  
   15J.    Explanatory statements  
   15K.    Registration--enforceability of legislative instruments  
   15L.    Events affecting the currency or accuracy of the Register  
   15M.    Rules for lodgement and registration  

   PART 2--COMPILATIONS

           Division 1--Simplified outline of this Part

   15N.    Simplified outline of this Part  

           Division 2--Registration of compilations

   15P.    Registered compilations--information requirements  
   15Q.    Definitions of required compilation event and discretionary compilation event etc.  
   15R.    Lodgement of compilations of instruments--required compilation events  
   15S.    Lodgement of compilations of instruments--discretionary compilation events  
   15T.    Registration of compilations  
   15U.    Compilations--rules  

           Division 3--Editorial changes and other changes

   15V.    Power to make editorial changes and other changes  
   15W.    Editorial changes treated in the same way as amendments  
   15X.    Definition of editorial change  

   PART 3--AUTHORISED--VERSIONS AND JUDICIAL NOTICE

           Division 1--Introduction

   15Y.    Simplified outline of this Part  
   15Z.    Scope of this Part  

           Division 2--Authorised versions and judicial notice

   15ZA.   Authorised versions  
   15ZB.   Judicial notice  
            

CHAPTER 3--Legislative instruments and notifiable instruments
            

   PART 1--DRAFTING--STANDARDS AND CONSULTATION

   15ZC.   Simplified outline of this Part  
   16.     Measures to achieve high drafting standards for legislative instruments and notifiable instruments  
   17.     Rule - makers should consult before making legislative instruments  
   19.     Consequence of failure to consult  

   PART 2--PARLIAMENTARY--SCRUTINY OF LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS

   36.     Simplified outline of this Part  
   37.     The purpose of the Part  
   38.     Tabling of legislative instruments  
   39.     Tabling of explanatory statements  
   40.     Regulations may specify manner of delivery of certain documents  
   41.     Incorporated material may be required to be made available  
   42.     Disallowance of legislative instruments  
   44.     Legislative instruments that are not subject to disallowance  
   45.     Reviving a legislative instrument, law or provision  
   46.     Legislative instruments not to be remade while required to be tabled  
   47.     Legislative instruments not to be remade while subject to disallowance  
   48.     Remaking disallowed legislative instruments  

   PART 3--REPEAL--OF SPENT LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS, NOTIFIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND PROVISIONS

           Division 1A--Simplified outline of this Part

   48AA.   Simplified outline of this Part  

           Division 1--Automatic repeal

              Subdivision A--Repeal of amending and repealing instruments

   48A.    Automatic repeal of amending and repealing instruments  

              Subdivision B--Repeal of commencement instruments

   48B.    Automatic repeal of commencement instruments  

              Subdivision C--Repeal of amending or repealing provisions of instruments containing other matter

   48C.    Automatic repeal of amending and repealing provisions  

              Subdivision D--Repeal of commencement provisions of instruments containing other matter

   48D.    Automatic repeal of commencement provisions  

           Division 2--Repeal by regulations

   48E.     Regulations may repeal instruments or provisions no longer required  

   PART 4--SUNSETTING--OF LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS

   48F.    Simplified outline of this Part  
   49.     The purpose of the Part  
   50.     Sunsetting  
   51.     Attorney - General may defer sunsetting in certain circumstances  
   51A.    Attorney - General may align sunsetting of instruments to be reviewed together  
   52.     Attorney - General must lay lists of instruments due for sunsetting before each House of the Parliament  
   53.     Resolution that instrument continue in force  
   54.     Instruments to which this Part does not apply  
            

CHAPTER 4--Miscellaneous
            

   55.     Simplified outline of this Chapter  
   56.     Legislative instruments--gazettal and other publication and notification requirements  
   57.     Effect on existing tabling and disallowance requirements  
   57A.    Legislative instruments made under power delegated by the Parliament before 1 January 2005  
   58.     Delegation  
   59.     Review of operation of this Act  
   60.     Review of operation of the sunsetting provisions  
   61.     Legislative instrument and notifiable instrument amendments by regulations under this Act  
   61A.    Rules made by First Parliamentary Counsel  
   62.     Regulations