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INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORIES (ADMINISTRATION OF LAWS) ACT 1992 - SECT 9

9 .         Exemption from, and modification of, laws

        (1)         The Governor may by order — 

            (a)         exempt a State authority from complying with any provision of a written law of the State in so far as the State authority is exercising any power, performing any function or duty or providing any service in or in relation to a Territory; or

            (b)         modify the effect of any provision of a written law of the State in so far as that provision applies to or in relation to a State authority exercising any power, performing any function or duty or providing any service in or in relation to a Territory.

        (2)         An order under subsection (1) is “subsidiary legislation” for the purposes of the Interpretation Act 1984 .

        (3)         Section 42 of the Interpretation Act 1984 applies to and in relation to an order under subsection (1) as if the order were a regulation.



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