Ch 3 heading inserted by No 10 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 27, effective 5 March 2016. See note under the title of the Act.

Pt 4 heading substituted from Pt 6 heading by No 10 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 67, effective 5 March 2016. See note under the title of the Act. The heading formerly read:

Part 6 - Sunsetting of legislative instruments

S 51(1) amended by No 78 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 items 61-63, by substituting " 24 " for " 12 " in para (b)(i), inserting para (b)(iii) at the end of para (b) and substituting para (c), effective 25 August 2018 and applicable in relation to a certificate issued on or after 25 August 2018, whether the relevant legislative instrument referred to in paragraph 51(1)(a) of that Act was registered before, on or after 25 August 2018. Para (c) formerly read:

(c) the Attorney-General may issue a certificate providing that the first-mentioned instrument is taken to cease to be in force under this section on whichever of the 1 April and 1 October next following the sunsetting day the Attorney-General specifies as the more appropriate; and

S 51(1) amended by No 135 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 items 14 to 17, by substituting " would (apart from this section) be repealed by section 50 or 51A " for " or particular provisions of a legislative instrument would be taken to cease to be in force under this Part (whether because of the operation of subsection 50(1), (2) or (3) " in para (a), omitting " or provisions " after " the instrument " in para (b)(i) and (ii), substituting " is " for " or provisions are " in para (c), and substituting " is repealed by this section on the specified day instead of the sunsetting day, unless the instrument has been repealed earlier " for " or provisions are taken to cease to be in force on the specified day instead of the sunsetting day as if repealed by another legislative instrument, unless they have earlier ceased to be in force " in para (d), effective 23 September 2012.

S 51(2) repealed by No 78 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 64, effective 25 August 2018 and applicable in relation to a certificate issued on or after 25 August 2018. S 51(2) formerly read:

(2)
If the Attorney-General issues a certificate under paragraph (1)(c), he or she must:

(a) include in the certificate a statement of the reasons for the issue of a certificate; and

(b) cause a copy of the certificate to be laid before each House of the Parliament not later than 6 sitting days of that House after the issue of the certificate.

S 51(3) amended by No 10 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 71, by omitting " and, as such, is required under Part 4 to be registered " after " legislative instrument " , effective 5 March 2016. See note under the title of the Act.

S 51(4) inserted by No 78 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 65, effective 25 August 2018.

S 51(5) inserted by No 78 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 65, effective 25 August 2018.