Legislation Act 2021 (WA)

Western Australia Legislation Act 2021 Western Australia Legislation Act 2021 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Object of this Act 2 4. Terms used 2 5. Act binds Crown 4 6. Application of this Act 4 7. Relationship with other Acts 5 Part 2 — Publication of legislation Division 1 — Publication responsibilities 8. WA legislation website 6 9. Purpose of WA legislation website 6 10. What is published on WA legislation website 6 11. Versions showing effect of uncommenced amendment or modification or law as modified 7 12. When law published on WA legislation website 7 13. WA legislation website unavailable 8 14. Technical or other requirements for publication on WA legislation website 8 Division 2 — Official versions 15. Official electronic versions 9 16. Official hard copy versions 9 Division 3 — Evidentiary matters 17. Legal status of official versions 10 18. Evidence of official versions 10 19. Evidence of day of publication of laws 10 20. Evidence of day of Royal Assent 10 21. Judicial notice 10 Division 4 — Publication or notification on WA legislation website instead of Gazette 22. Requirement or authority to publish or notify in Gazette 11 Part 3 — Editorial changes to legislation Division 1 — Power to make editorial changes 23. Parliamentary Counsel authorised to make editorial changes 12 24. Delegation 12 Division 2 — Editorial changes 25. Updating references to law of WA or other jurisdictions 13 26. Things that have been changed or replaced 13 27. Deemed amendments 14 28. References to provision of law 14 29. Clerk's amendment to Act 14 30. Gender 15 31. Numbers, dates, times, quantities, measurements and similar matters 15 32. Conjunctives and disjunctives 16 33. Definitions and items 16 34. Minor errors and inconsistencies 16 35. Obsolete or redundant provisions 17 36. Incorporation of certain provisions contained in amending law 18 37. Numbering and renumbering 18 38. Format and printing style changes 18 39. Consequential changes 18 Division 3 — Other matters 40. Effect of editorial changes 19 41. Recording of editorial changes 19 42. Annual report to include summary of editorial changes 19 Part 4 — Miscellaneous 43. Regulations 20 44. Review of Act 20 Part 5 — Repeal of Reprints Act 1984 45. Reprints Act 1984 repealed 21 46. Status of reprints under repealed Act 21 Part 6 — Other Acts amended Division 1 — Interpretation Act 1984 amended 47. Act amended 22 48. Section 5 amended 22 49. Section 10 amended 23 50. Section 19 amended 23 51. Section 23 amended 23 52. Section 24 deleted 24 53. Section 26 amended 24 54. Section 41 amended 24 55. Section 42 amended 24 Division 2 — Evidence Act 1906 amended 56. Act amended 24 57. Section 3 amended 25 58. Section 53 amended 25 59. Section 57 amended 25 60. Section 58 amended 26 61. Section 69A amended 26 62. Section 74 amended 26 63. Section 75 amended 26 64. Section 78 amended 27 Notes Compilation table 28 Defined terms Western Australia Legislation Act 2021 An Act — * to provide for public access to Western Australian legislation; and * to provide for the official status of published versions of Western Australian legislation; and * to provide for Western Australian legislation to be kept in an up‑to‑date form and consistent with current drafting practice; and * to repeal the Reprints Act 1984; and * for related purposes.