Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A legislative instrument that would otherwise be repealed on a day (the repeal day ) by section 50, 51 or 51A continues in force, despite those sections, if:
(a) the instrument is mentioned in:
(i) a copy of a certificate under section 51 that is laid before a House of the Parliament in accordance with section 38; or
(ii) a list laid before a House of the Parliament under section 52; and
(b) the House indicates, by resolution passed before the repeal day, that the instrument should continue in force.
(2) The legislative instrument continues in force, subject to:
(a) sections 50, 51 and 51A, which apply to it after the passage of the resolution as if it were registered on the day on which it would have been repealed by section 50, 51 or 51A apart from this section; and
(b) any later instrument amending or repealing it.
Note: The legislative instrument is not required to be tabled again, and is not liable to disallowance again.