Legislation Act 2019

Interpretation and application of legislation - General definitions and interpretation provisions

21: Anything done under secondary legislation or other instrument is also done under Act

You could also call this:

"Doing something under one law also means you're doing it under the main law that controls it."

When you do something under a law that is made under another law, you are also doing it under that other law. If a law says something is done under it, this includes things done under other laws or rules made under that law. You can think of it like a set of rules that all work together.

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Part 2Interpretation and application of legislation
General definitions and interpretation provisions

21Anything done under secondary legislation or other instrument is also done under Act

  1. A reference to anything being done under an Act includes anything done under secondary legislation, or another instrument, that is made under that Act.

    Example

    An Act empowers regulations to authorise a regulator to set fees. The Act requires all fees paid under the Act to be paid to the Crown. The regulations require the regulator to set fees by issuing a notice. The fees set in the regulator’s notice are paid under the Act and so must be paid to the Crown.