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Statute Law Revision Act 2010 (Cth)
An Act to make various amendments of the statute law of the Commonwealth, to repeal certain obsolete Acts, and for related purposes 1 Short title [see Note 1] This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Revision Act 2010.
Statute Law Revision Act 2010
Act No. 8 of 2010 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 18 December 2012
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 136 of 2012
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra
Contents
1 Short title [see Note 1]...........................
2 Commencement
3 Schedule(s)
Schedule 1—Amendment of principal Acts
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
Aircraft Noise Levy Act 1995
AusCheck Act 2007
Banking Act 1959
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
Civil Aviation Act 1988
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
Criminal Code Act 1995
Customs Act 1901
Customs Tariff Act 1995
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Evidence Act 1995
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
Family Law Act 1975
First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008
Foreign States Immunities Act 1985
Health Insurance Act 1973
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
Industry Research and Development Act 1986
International Tax Agreements Act 1953
Navigation Act 1912
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
Patents Act 1990
Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994
Radiocommunications Act 1992
Social Security Act 1991
Taxation Administration Act 1953
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
Tradesmen's Rights Regulation Act 1946
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
Water Act 2007
Schedule 2—Amendment of amending Acts
A New Tax System (Compensation Measures Legislation Amendment) Act 1999
Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme—New Formula and Other Measures) Act 2006
Education Legislation Amendment Act 2008
Export Market Development Grants Amendment Act 2008
Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures) Act 2007
Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Review of Prudential Decisions) Act 2008
First Home Saver Accounts (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008
First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Act 2008
Further 1998 Budget Measures Legislation Amendment (Social Security) Act 1999
Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Act 2007
Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 1995
Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1998
Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (One‑off Payments and Other Budget Measures) Act 2008
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Parenting and Other Measures) Act 1997
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998
Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 1) Act 2006
Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 4) Act 2006
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Act 2007
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Act 2007
Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Act 2006
Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business) Act 2007
Schedule 3—Repeal of obsolete Acts
Banking (Transitional Provisions) Act 1959
Industrial Research and Development Incentives Act 1976
Interactive Gambling (Moratorium) Act 2000
Papua New Guinea (Application of Laws) Act 1973
Year 2000 Information Disclosure Act 1999
Schedule 4—Amendment of references to "ballot‑paper" and "ballot‑papers"
Part 1—Amendment of specific references
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
Part 2—Bulk amendment of references to "ballot‑paper"
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
Part 3—Bulk amendment of references to "ballot‑papers"
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
Schedule 5—Amendments relating to use of the term "internet"
Part 1—Amendments to change specific references
Age Discrimination Act 2004
Anglo‑Australian Telescope Agreement Act 1970
Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006
Australian Passports Act 2005
Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority Act 2006
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
Charter of the United Nations Act 1945
Criminal Code Act 1995
Cross‑Border Insolvency Act 2008
Customs Act 1901
Customs Tariff Act 1995
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991
Foreign Passports (Law Enforcement and Security) Act 2005
Freedom of Information Act 1982
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
Interactive Gambling Act 2001
Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
Medibank Private Sale Act 2006
National Health Security Act 2007
Navigation Act 1912
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987
Privacy Act 1988
Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008
Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti‑fouling Systems) Act 2006
Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Funds) Act 1993
Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Act 1981
Quarantine Act 1908
Radiocommunications Act 1992
Social Security Act 1991
Telecommunications Act 1997
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
Trade Practices Act 1974
Water Act 2007
Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008
Part 2—Bulk amendment to change capitalisation of "Internet"
Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006
Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008
Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority Act 2006
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
Civil Aviation Act 1988
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
Copyright Act 1968
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Consequential, Transitional and Other Measures Act 2006
Crimes Act 1914
Criminal Code Act 1995
Do Not Call Register Act 2006
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991
Freedom of Information Act 1982
Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000
Future Fund Act 2006
Health Insurance Act 1973
Higher Education Funding Act 1988
Higher Education Support Act 2003
Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
Interactive Gambling Act 2001
Marriage Act 1961
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987
Ombudsman Act 1976
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989
Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
Radiocommunications Act 1992
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
Shipping Registration Act 1981
Skilling Australia's Workforce Act 2005
Social Security Act 1991
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
Space Activities Act 1998
Spam Act 2003
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
Telecommunications Act 1997
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
Telstra Corporation Act 1991
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
Trade Practices Act 1974
Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008
Part 3—References to which Part 2 does not apply
Notes
An Act to make various amendments of the statute law of the Commonwealth, to repeal certain obsolete Acts, and for related purposes
1 Short title [see Note 1]
This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Revision Act 2010.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
2. Schedule 1, items 1 to 26 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
3. Schedule 1, item 27 Immediately after the commencement of item 3 of Schedule 22 to the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009. 1 July 2009
4. Schedule 1, items 28 to 265 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
5. Schedule 2, item 1 Immediately after the time specified in the A New Tax System (Compensation Measures Legislation Amendment) Act 1999 for the commencement of item 22 of Schedule 2 to that Act. 1 July 2000
6. Schedule 2, items 2 and 3 Immediately after the time specified in the Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme—New Formula and Other Measures) Act 2006 for the commencement of item 114 of Schedule 2 to that Act. 1 July 2008
7. Schedule 2, item 4 Immediately after the time specified in the Education Legislation Amendment Act 2008 for the commencement of item 9 of Schedule 2 to that Act. 1 January 2009
8. Schedule 2, item 5 Immediately after the time specified in the Export Market Development Grants Amendment Act 2008 for the commencement of items 54 and 55 of Schedule 1 to that Act. 23 June 2008
9. Schedule 2, item 6 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
10. Schedule 2, item 7 Immediately after the time specified in the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures) Act 2007 for the commencement of item 34 of Schedule 3 to that Act. 1 July 2008
11. Schedule 2, item 8 Immediately after the time specified in the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures) Act 2007 for the commencement of item 37 of Schedule 3 to that Act. 1 July 2008
12. Schedule 2, item 9 Immediately after the time specified in the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures) Act 2007 for the commencement of item 56 of Schedule 8 to that Act. 1 July 2008
13. Schedule 2, item 10 Immediately after the time specified in the Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Review of Prudential Decisions) Act 2008 for the commencement of item 29 of Schedule 1 to that Act. 26 May 2008
14. Schedule 2, item 11 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
15. Schedule 2, item 12 Immediately after the time specified in the First Home Saver Accounts (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008 for the commencement of item 26 of Schedule 3 to that Act. 26 June 2008
16. Schedule 2, item 13 Immediately after the time specified in the First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Act 2008 for the commencement of section 2 of that Act. 30 September 2008
17. Schedule 2, item 14 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
18. Schedule 2, items 15 and 16 Immediately after the time specified in the Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Act 2007 for the commencement of item 31 of Schedule 4 to that Act. 1 September 2007
19. Schedule 2, items 17 and 18 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
20. Schedule 2, item 19 Immediately after the time specified in the Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (One‑off Payments and Other Budget Measures) Act 2008 for the commencement of item 69 of Schedule 3 to that Act. 26 May 2008
21. Schedule 2, item 20 Immediately after the time specified in the Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (One‑off Payments and Other Budget Measures) Act 2008 for the commencement of item 70 of Schedule 3 to that Act. 26 May 2008
22. Schedule 2, items 21 and 22 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
23. Schedule 2, item 23 Immediately after the time specified in the Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 1) Act 2006 for the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act. 6 April 2006
24. Schedule 2, items 24 to 28 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
25. Schedule 2, item 29 Immediately after the time specified in the Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Act 2006 for the commencement of item 592 of Schedule 2 to that Act. 14 September 2006
26. Schedule 2, item 30 Immediately after the time specified in the Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business) Act 2007 for the commencement of item 52 of Schedule 3 to that Act. 21 June 2007
27. Schedule 2, item 31 Immediately after the time specified in the Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business) Act 2007 for the commencement of item 55 of Schedule 3 to that Act. 21 June 2007
28. Schedule 3 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
29. Schedule 4, Part 1 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
30. Schedule 4, Parts 2 and 3 Immediately after the provision(s) covered by table item 29. 1 March 2010
31. Schedule 5, items 1 to 51 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
32. Schedule 5, item 52 Immediately after the commencement of item 5 of Schedule 3 to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Act 2007. 6 July 2010
33. Schedule 5, items 53 to 59 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
34. Schedule 5, item 60 Immediately after the commencement of item 125 of Schedule 5 to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2008. 25 November 2009
35. Schedule 5, items 61 to 81 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
36. Schedule 5, item 82 Immediately after the commencement of item 17 of Schedule 1 to the Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Act 2008. 13 October 2009
37. Schedule 5, items 83 to 136 The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 March 2010
38. Schedule 5, Parts 2 and 3 Immediately after the provision(s) covered by table item 31. 1 March 2010
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendment of principal Acts
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
1 Subsection 3(1) (subparagraph (d)(ii) of the definition of exploration licence)
Omit "(paragraph".
Note: This item fixes a typographical error.
Aircraft Noise Levy Act 1995
2 Subparagraph 5(2)(a)(i)
Omit "subsection 3(1)", substitute "section 3".
Note: This item is consequential on item 6.
AusCheck Act 2007
3 Subsection 15(2) (note 1)
Omit "Note 1", substitute "Note".
4 Subsection 15(2) (note 2)
Repeal the note.
Banking Act 1959
5 Subsection 11(5) (the subsection 11(5) inserted by item 3 of Schedule 4 to the Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Review of Prudential Decisions) Act 2008)
Renumber as subsection (7).
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
Note: The heading to section 97 is altered by omitting "Trade Practices Commission" and substituting "Australian Competition and Consumer Commission".
Civil Aviation Act 1988
6 Subsection 3(1)
Omit "(1)" (first occurring).
Note: This item removes a redundant subsection number.
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
7 Subsection 91(1A)
Repeal subparagraph (c)(iii) and omit all the words after it, substitute:
(iii) a short film from a new or emerging film maker;
and, in the Convenor's opinion, it is in the public interest to do so.
Note: This item fixes the indentation of the last lines of subsection 91(1A).
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
8 Subsection 90B(1) (table item 13, column headed "Circumstances in which information is to be given", paragraph (c))
Omit "Senator", substitute "member".
Note: This item fixes a typographical error.
9 Section 171
Omit "paragraph 170(a)(ii)", substitute "paragraph 170(1)(b)".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
10 Subsection 265(2)
Omit "assistant Returning Officer", substitute "Assistant Returning Officer".
11 Subsection 314AA(1)
Omit "(1)".
Note: This item removes a redundant subsection number.
12 Subsection 314AA(1)
Omit "or" (second occurring).
13 Subsection 318(2)
Omit "(3)(c)", substitute "subsection (3)".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
14 Subsection 390A(1)
Omit "10", substitute "3E".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
Criminal Code Act 1995
15 Paragraph 480.6(b) of the Criminal Code
Omit "section 480.3", substitute "section 480.4".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
Customs Act 1901
16 Paragraph 11(1)(b)
Omit "that Subdivision", substitute "Subdivision C of Division 1B of Part XII".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
17 Subsection 64AE(1)
Omit "64AC,".
Note: This item removes a cross‑reference to a provision that has been repealed.
Customs Tariff Act 1995
18 Schedule 3 (heading 3202, the description of goods in column 2)
Omit "TANNING PREPARATlONS", substitute "TANNING PREPARATIONS".
Note: This item fixes a typographical error.
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
19 Subsection 59(9) (paragraph (b) of the definition of prohibited drug)
Omit "Part 5 of the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978", substitute "Part 8 of the Crimes Act 1900".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
20 Subsection 103(1)
Omit "129(2)", substitute "129D(2)".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
21 Subsection 103(2A)
After "section", insert "160 or".
Note: This item makes an amendment consequential on the reinstatement of the provisions of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 largely as they existed before the enactment of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 2006.
22 Section 146EA
Renumber as section 148EA.
23 Subsection 162(3)
Before "131", insert "111B or".
Note: This item makes an amendment consequential on the reinstatement of the provisions of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 largely as they existed before the enactment of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 2006.
24 Section 188GB
Omit "the a", substitute "a".
Note: This item fixes a typographical error.
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
25 Paragraph 258(3)(d)
Omit "are", substitute "is".
Note: This item fixes a grammatical error.
Evidence Act 1995
26 Subsection 189(6)
Omit "128(8)", substitute "128(10)".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
27 Subclause 4(1) of Schedule 1
Omit "this Act, on or after the reform commencement", substitute "the Fair Work Act, on and after the commencement of provisions of that Act".
Note: This item makes an amendment consequential on the enactment of the Fair Work Act 2009. The amendment was originally purported to be made by item 244 of Schedule 22 to the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009, however that item was misdescribed. That item is repealed by item 6 of Schedule 2 to this Act.
Family Law Act 1975
28 Paragraph 12G(2)(a)
Omit "information", substitute "information;".
Note: This item fixes the punctuation of a paragraph.
First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008
29 Paragraph 3(2)(b)
Omit "(subject to subsection (3)", substitute "(subject to subsection (3))".
Foreign States Immunities Act 1985
30 Subsection 3(1)
Insert:
Department of Foreign Affairs means the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967.
31 Subsection 3(1)
Insert:
Minister for Foreign Affairs means the Minister who administers the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967.
Health Insurance Act 1973
32 Subsection 3(1) (definition of excessive diagnostic imaging service)
Repeal subparagraph (b)(ii) and omit all the words after it, substitute:
(ii) the adequate dental care;
of the patient concerned.
Note: This item fixes the formatting of the definition.
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
33 Subsection 210‑175(2) (formula)
Repeal the formula, substitute:
Note: This item makes a consequential amendment required as a result of the First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008.
Industry Research and Development Act 1986
34 Subsection 47(1)
Omit ", of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 or of the Industrial Research and Development Incentives Act 1976", substitute "or of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936".
Note: This item makes a consequential amendment to remove a reference to an Act that is repealed by Schedule 3.
International Tax Agreements Act 1953
35 Subsection 3(1) (definitions of the 1960 New Zealand agreement and the 1972 New Zealand agreement)
Relocate the definitions to their appropriate alphabetical positions, determined on a letter‑by‑letter basis.
Navigation Act 1912
36 Subsection 267B(2)
Omit "the authority" (wherever occurring), substitute "the survey authority".
Note: This item and item 37 clarify references to the survey authority to avoid confusion with the Authority, which is a defined concept.
37 Subsection 267Q(2)
Omit "the authority" (wherever occurring), substitute "the survey authority".
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
38 Subsection 168(6)
Omit "the the application", substitute "the application".
Patents Act 1990
39 Subparagraph 24(2)(a)(i)
Omit "Commonwealth of", substitute "Commonwealth or".
Note: This item fixes a typographical error.
Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994
40 Subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) of Article 14 of the Convention set out in Schedule 1
Before "for the purpose of propagation", insert "conditioning".
Note: This item fixes a mistranscription of the text of the Convention.
Radiocommunications Act 1992
41 Paragraph 31(1)(a)
Omit "both,", substitute "both".
Note: This item fixes incorrect punctuation.
42 Subsection 107(2)
Omit "111(a)", substitute "111(1)(a)".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
43 Subsection 108(4)
Omit "111(a)", substitute "111(1)(a)".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
44 Subsection 109(2)
Omit "111(a)", substitute "111(1)(a)".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
Social Security Act 1991
45 Subsection 549C(2) (definition of liquid assets)
Omit "549A(4)(a)(i) or (ii)", substitute "549A(1)(a)(i) or (ii)".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
46 Subsection 595(3) (note)
Repeal the note.
Note: The note concerns an Act that has been repealed.
Taxation Administration Act 1953
47 Subsection 8W(1B)
Omit "Part 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of Chapter 2, or Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 3,", substitute "Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 3".
Note: This item removes cross‑references to provisions that have been repealed.
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
48 At the end of paragraph 35(1)(a)
Add "and".
Note: This item and items 49 and 50 add conjunctions at the end of paragraphs, for consistency with current drafting practice.
49 At the end of subparagraphs 35(1)(c)(ii) and (d)(ii)
Add "and".
50 At the end of paragraphs 35(1)(e), (f), (g), (h), (ha) and (j)
Add "and".
51 Subparagraph 35(1)(k)(ii)
Omit "(b) or".
Note: This item removes a cross‑reference to a provision that has been repealed.
52 Paragraph 80(b)
Omit "subsections 59A(2) and (3)", substitute "subsection 59A(2)".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
Tradesmen's Rights Regulation Act 1946
53 Title
Omit "Tradesmen's", substitute "Tradespersons'".
Note: This item and items 54 to 251 remove gender‑specific language. Some of these items also make minor changes for consistency with current drafting practice and to remove references to a repealed provision (section 43).
54 Preamble
Omit "recognized tradesmen", substitute "recognised tradespersons".
55 Section 1
Omit "Tradesmen's Rights Regulation Act 1946", substitute "Tradespersons' Rights Regulation Act 1946".
Note: This item amends the short title of the Act. If another amendment of the Act is described by reference to the Act's previous short title, that other amendment has effect after the commencement of this item as an amendment of the Act under its amended short title (see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).
56 Subsection 7A(1)
After "he", insert "or she".
57 Subsection 7A(2)
After "his" (wherever occurring), insert "or her".
58 Section 10 (definition of probationary tradesman)
Repeal the definition.
59 Section 10
Insert:
probationary tradesperson means an adult member of the Forces whose employment as a probationary tradesperson in a trade to which this Part applies has been authorised b
