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Public Works Act 1981

1: Short Title and commencement

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This law is called the Public Works Act 1981. You can refer to it by this name when you need to talk about it. The law started working on 1 February 1982. This means that from that day, people had to follow the rules in this Act.

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1Short Title and commencement

  1. This Act may be cited as the Public Works Act 1981.

  2. This Act shall come into force on 1 February 1982.