Queensland Consolidated Acts

REPRINTS ACT 1992 - SECT 3

In this Act--

current legislative drafting practice means current Queensland legislative drafting practice.

law means--

(a) an Act; or

(b) subordinate legislation; or

(c) an agreement or other instrument that has the force of law or is in, or attached to, an Act or subordinate legislation; or

(d) a previous reprint.

make includes enact.

minor error includes--

(a) a typographical error; or

(b) a grammatical error; or

(c) an error of punctuation; or

(d) an error in cross-referencing to a provision of a law.

previous reprint means a reprint of a law authorised by any Act in force at any time before the commencement of this Act.

referential words means the words--

(a) 'of this Act', 'of this regulation', 'of this order in council', 'of this rule', 'of this by-law', 'of this ordinance' or 'of this proclamation'; or

(b) 'to this Act', 'to this regulation', 'to this order in council', 'to this rule', 'to this by-law', 'to this ordinance' or 'to this proclamation'; or

(c) 'of this Schedule'; or

(d) 'of this Chapter'; or

(e) 'of this Part'; or

(f) 'of this Division'; or

(g) 'of this Subdivision'; or

(h) 'of this section'; or

(i) 'of this subsection', 'of this subregulation' or 'of this subrule'; or

(j) 'of this paragraph'; or

(k) 'of this subparagraph'; or

(l) 'of this sub-subparagraph'; or

(m) 'of this clause'; or

(n) 'of this subclause'; or

(o) 'of this sub-subclause'; or

(p) 'of this item'; or

(q) 'of this subitem'; or

(r) 'before-mentioned' or 'afore-mentioned'; or

(s) 'hereof' or 'hereto'; or

(t) 'thereof' or 'thereto'; or

(u) 'said' or 'aforesaid';

or words to that or similar effect, occurring in conjunction with a number to designate a provision of the law in which the words appear or a provision of another law.

reprint of a law includes a reproduction of the law in electronic form.

reprint date of a reprint means the day specified in the reprint under section 5(c) as the reprint date.

subordinate legislation has the meaning given by the Statutory Instruments Act 1992.