Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In an ACT law, a reference to a paragraph of a provision of a law includes any words in the provision before or after the paragraph that are necessary or desirable to make the reference meaningful.
Example
A subsection may be divided into paragraphs as follows:
‘(2) An application must be—
(a) in writing; and
(b) accompanied by a copy of the advertisement of the applicant's intention to apply.'
Paragraphs form part of the sentence in which they are contained. A reference to paragraph (a) in this example that did not include the preceding words ‘An application must be' would be meaningless. Section 106A therefore allows the paragraph to be read with those words so that it makes sense.
Note 1 Although this section contains a reference to an ACT law and a reference to a law, s 98 makes it clear that the references can be to the same law.
Note 2 An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see s 126 and s 132).
(2) In this section:
"paragraph" includes a subparagraph and a sub-subparagraph.