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Legislation Act 2019

Drafting and publishing of legislation - Correcting errors and making other editorial changes

85: Interpretation

You could also call this:

"Understanding special words used in the law"

When you read this part of the law, some words have special meanings. The term current drafting practice refers to the way the Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) writes laws at the moment. You can find more information about how laws are written by looking at the Legislation Act 2019 and other related laws, such as the one mentioned in the link.

The term referential words means words that point to a specific part of a law, like "of this Act" or "of this section". These words help you understand what part of the law is being talked about. They can also include words like "the said" and "hereof", which refer to something mentioned earlier in the law.

You can compare this law to an earlier one, 2012 No 119, to see how it has changed over time, by following the link to section 23.

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Part 3Drafting and publishing of legislation
Correcting errors and making other editorial changes

85Interpretation

  1. In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    current drafting practice means the legislative drafting practice for the time being used by the PCO

      referential words means words that identify the whole or a part of a provision (including a schedule) as a provision, or as part of a provision, of the legislation in which they appear (for example, of this Act, of this section, of this paragraph, the said, and hereof).

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