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Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

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Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
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Abstract
This Act concerns the interpretation of Acts of Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia and some other matters regarding legislation such as the effect of a repealed or expired Act. The Act grants regulation-making power to the Governor General for purposes of this Act and provides for jurisdiction of courts.
The Act also concerns the application of Acts in the coastal sea, i.e. the territorial sea of Australia and the territorial sea adjacent to a Territory and including the airspace over, and the sea bed and subsoil beneath, any such sea.
Long title of text
An Act for the Interpretation of Acts of Parliament and for Shortening their Language.
Notes
Consolidated version of Act No. 2 of 1901 as at 4 December 2009 and amended last by Act No. 135 of 2008.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No