Interpretation Act 1979 (NI)

Interpretation Act 1979

No. 10, 1979

Compilation No. 14

Compilation date: 1 January 2022

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance Amendment (Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Measures) Rules 2021 (F2021L01904) Note: The formatting of this compilation was updated in 2022 to align with current formatting practices.

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 5 Application of this Act 6 Construction of enactments to be subject to Act 7 Construction of Rules, regulations and Bylaws 8 Enactments to have effect subject to a contrary intention 8AA Enactments extended to Queensland applied or adopted laws 8A Application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Commonwealth) 8B Application of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 or the Legislation Act 2003 (Commonwealth) 8C Continued laws regulating employment do not apply to certain officers, employees and authorities of New South Wales 8D Continued laws regulating employment do not apply to certain officers, employees and authorities of Queensland 10D Use of extrinsic material in the interpretation of an enactment 11 Expressions defined by Norfolk Island Act 12 General definitions 12A Penalties 12B Fee units 12C References to the Norfolk Island Hospital Act 1985, Norfolk Island Hospital and Norfolk Island Hospital Enterprise etc. 12CA Norfolk Island Health and Residential Aged Care Service Facility taken to be a hospital 12D References to Crown Law Officer or Crown Counsel 12E Delegation by Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commonwealth 12F Delegation by Norfolk Island Regional Council 12G Delegation by Chief Executive Officer 17 References to offices 20C Alterations of names and constitutions 20E Service of documents 21 Service by post 25 Approval or disallowance by Commonwealth Minister or Administrator 26 Publication in the Gazette 28 References to enactments 29 References to Commonwealth Acts 29A References to NSW Acts and instruments 29B References to Queensland Acts and instruments 37 Imprisonment 38 Offences punishable on summary conviction 39 Indictable offences 40 Penalties 41A Disallowable instruments 42 Forfeited goods 43 Administration of enactments at and after the interim transition time Schedule 1—Administration of enactments at and after the interim transition time Part 1—Introduction 1 Object of this Schedule 2 Definitions 3 This Schedule does not apply to section 19A Ordinances 4 This Schedule does not apply in relation to section 8A of this Act Part 2—Commonwealth Minister's roles Division 1—Commonwealth Minister's roles Subdivision A—General rule 5 Roles belonging to a Minister, an executive member or the Administrator before the interim transition time Subdivision B—Exceptions to general rule, and other special rules 6 Modification of prerequisites for Commonwealth Minister to take action under clause 5 7 Money to be paid or given to the Norfolk Island Regional Council instead of a Minister 8 Commonwealth Minister not required to interact with himself or herself 9 Special rules relating to the Legislative Assembly Division 2—Delegation of Commonwealth Minister's role 10 Delegation by Commonwealth Minister 11 Directions to delegates 12 Thing done under delegation taken to have been done by Commonwealth Minister Endnotes Interpretation Act 1979