Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIf a law has been amended by--
(a) the omission of provisions; or
(b) the insertion of provisions (whether or not in substitution for omitted provisions);
a reprint of the law must--
(c) show the law as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before the day specified in the reprint as the reprint date; and
(d) incorporate all necessary consequential amendments, whether of punctuation, numbering or another kind.
Example 1--
If the following provision were to be amended by the omission of paragraph (c), the bracketed punctuation mark would replace the bolded punctuation mark and the word 'and' at the end of paragraph (b) would be omitted--
'5. A notice is to--
(a) be signed by the chairperson; and
(b) specify the time within which it is to be complied with; (.) and
(c) specify the place at which it is to be complied with.'.
Example 2--
If a section that is not divided into subsections is amended by the insertion of a subsection at the end, the existing provision is numbered as subsection (1).
Example 3--
If a section that is divided into subsections is amended by the insertion of another subsection that is given a new number (for example, a subsection (1A) to be inserted after subsection (1)), section 5(d) does not require the renumbering of subsections after the inserted subsection.
Example 4--
If a definition is added to a section consisting of 1 definition, the existing section heading 'Definition' would become 'Definitions'.
Example 5--
If a provision heading is amended, a reference to the provision mentioning the provision heading may be amended to mention the amended provision heading.