Legislation Act 2019

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

89: Changes to format

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"Changes to how laws are written and look"

The Chief Parliamentary Counsel can let the PCO make changes to how legislation looks. This is so the legislation looks the same as other laws that are written now, or so it is easier to read and use. You can read more about this in the legislation from 2012.

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

89Changes to format

  1. The Chief Parliamentary Counsel may authorise the PCO to make format changes to a version of legislation so that the format of the legislation is consistent with current drafting practice, or the format of the version of the legislation is easier to read or use according to the means used to read it, or both.

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