S 23 repealed by No 10 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 36, effective 5 March 2016. See note under the title of the Act. S 23 formerly read:
SECTION 23 Rectification of Register
(1)
If:
(a)
the First Parliamentary Counsel becomes aware that the Register is erroneous because of a mistake or omission; and
(b)
the First Parliamentary Counsel is satisfied that:
(i)
so far as legislative instruments are concerned
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the error lies in the text, in electronic form, of such a legislative instrument as it appears in the Register and not in the original legislative instrument, or other evidence of the text of that instrument, lodged under subsection
25(2)
or
29(3)
; and
(ii)
so far as compilations are concerned
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the error lies in the text, in electronic form, of such a compilation as it appears in the Register in that the text does not represent the state of the law that it purports to represent;
the First Parliamentary Counsel must arrange for the Register to be altered to rectify the error as soon as possible and annotate the Register as so rectified to explain the nature of the rectification, the date and time it was made and the reason for it.
History
S 23(1) amended by No 107 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 2 item 24, by substituting
"
First Parliamentary Counsel
"
for
"
Secretary
"
wherever occurring, effective 1 October 2012. For transitional and saving provisions see note under s
16(1)
.
(2)
An alteration of the Register under subsection (1):
(a)
does not affect any right or privilege that was acquired, or that accrued, by reason of reliance on the content of the Register before that alteration was made; or
(b)
does not impose or increase any obligation or liability that was incurred before that alteration was made.
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