Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by the authority of the Attorney-General, Mr Robert McClelland MP)General Outline
1.The main purpose of this Bill is to correct technical errors that have occurred in Acts as a result of drafting and clerical mistakes.
2.The Bill also repeals a number of Acts that are obsolete and makes consequential amendments to provisions of other Acts that refer to a repealed Act.
3.The Bill also amends a large number of Commonwealth Acts to replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral language. This is being done as a part of an ongoing program aimed at ensuring that the statute book is gender neutral and more inclusive.
4.The corrections and repeals are desirable in order to improve the quality of the text of Commonwealth legislation and, in particular, to facilitate the publication of consolidated versions of Acts by the Attorney-General's Department and by private publishers of legislation.
5.None of the corrections make any change to the substance of the law.
Financial Impact
6.The Bill will have no financial impact.
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