Commencement of Acts
Meaning of "commencement."
52 & 53 Vict. c. 63 s. 36.
3.—(1.) In every Act the word "commencement," when used with reference to an Act, shall mean the time at which the Act comes into operation.
(2.) Where an Act, or any instrument (including any rules regulations or by-laws) made granted or issued under a power conferred by an Act, is expressed to come into operation on a particular day, it shall come into operation immediately on the expiration of the last preceding day.
Exercise of statutory powers between passing and commencement of Act.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 63 s. 37.
4. When an Act is not to come into operation immediately on the passing thereof, and confers power to make any appointment, to make grant or issue any instrument (including any rules regulations or by-laws), to give notices, to prescribe forms, or to do any other thing for the purposes of the Act, that power may, unless the contrary intention appears, be exercised at any time after the passing of the Act for the purpose of bringing the Act into operation at the commencement thereof.
Provided that any instrument made under the power shall not, unless the contrary intention appears in the Act or the contrary is necessary for bringing the Act into operation, come into operation until the Act comes into operation.
Commencement of Acts assented to by the Governor-General. 5.—(1.) Every Act to which the Royal assent is given by the Governor-General for and on behalf of the King shall come into operation on the day on which such Act receives the Royal assent, unless the contrary intention appears in such Act.
Commencement of Acts assented to by the Governor-General. (2.) Every Act reserved for the signification of the King's pleasure thereon shall come into operation on the day on which His Majesty's assent is proclaimed in the Gazette by the Governor-General, unless the contrary intention appears in such Act.
Evidence of date of assent or proclamation. 6. The date appearing on the copy of an Act printed by the Government Printer, and purporting to be the date on which the Governor-General assented thereto, or made known the King's assent, shall be evidence that such date was the date on which the Governor-General so assented or made known the King's assent, and shall be judicially noticed.
Repeal and Expiration of Acts
Effect of repeal of Act.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 63 s. 11 (1).
7. The repeal of an Act or part thereof by which a previous Act or part thereof was repealed shall not have the effect of reviving such last-mentioned Act or part thereof without express words.
Effect of repeal.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 63 s. 33 (2).
8. Where an Act repeals in the whole or in part a former Act, then unless the contrary intention appears the repeal shall not—
- (a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which
- (b) affect the previous operation of any Act so repealed, or anything duly done or suffered under any Act so repealed; or
