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Legislative Instruments Act 2003 (139 of 2003)
Front Matter
1 Short title
2 Commencement
2A Schedule(s)
3 Object
4 Definitions
5 Definition - a legislative instrument
6 Instruments declared to be legislative instruments
7 Instruments declared not to be legislative instruments
8 Definition - power delegated by the Parliament
9 Rules of court are not legislative instruments
10 Attorney-General may certify whether an instrument is legislative instrument or not
11 Reconsideration and review of Attorney-General's certificate
12 When do provisions of legislative instruments take effect?
13 Construction of legislative instruments
14 Prescribing matters by reference to other instruments
15 Effect of repeal of legislative instrument
16 Measures to achieve high drafting standards for legislative instruments
17 Rule-makers should consult before making legislative instruments
18 Circumstances where consultation may be unnecessary or inappropriate
19 Consequence of failure to consult
20 Federal Register of Legislative Instruments
21 Manner of keeping Register
22 The status of the Register and judicial notice of legislative instruments and compilations
23 Rectification of Register
24 Legislative instruments required to be registered under this Division
25 Lodgment for registration under this Division
26 Explanatory statements
27 Registration under this Division
28 Legislative instruments required to be registered under this Division
29 Lodgment for registration under this Division
30 Registration under this Division
31 Effect of failure to register a legislative instrument required to be registered under Division 2
32 Effect of failure to lodge for registration a legislative instrument required to be registered under Division 3
33 Compilations to be registered
34 Secretary may require provision of compilations for registration purposes
35 Information to be included with a compilation
36 Inclusion in database established in anticipation of the enactment of this Act
37 The purpose of the Part
38 Tabling of legislative instruments
39 Additional material to be tabled with the legislative instrument
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 Effect of a legislative instrument ceasing to have effect
46 Legislative instruments not to be remade while required to be tabled
47 Legislative instruments not to be remade while subject to disallowance
48 Disallowed legislative instruments not to be remade unless disallowance resolution rescinded or House approves
49 The purpose of the Part
50 The sunsetting of legislative instruments to which this Part applies
51 Attorney-General may defer sunsetting in certain circumstances
52 Attorney-General must lay lists of instruments due for sunsetting before each House of the Parliament
53 Resolution that instruments continue in force
54 Instruments to which this Part does not apply
55 Instruments made but not finally dealt with before the commencing day
56 Relationship of certain gazettal requirements to registration requirements
57 Effect on existing tabling and disallowance requirements
58 Delegation
59 Review of operation of this Act
60 Review of operation of the sunsetting provisions
61 Existing references to Legislative Instruments Act
62 Regulations
1 Subsection 46B(3)

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