Bill
Statute Update (Winter 2017) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-08-23. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-05-25
- second reading — 2017-05-25
- second reading — 2017-08-16
- other — 2017-08-16
- second reading — 2017-08-16
- other — 2017-08-17
- third reading — 2017-08-17
- introduced — 2017-08-17
- second reading — 2017-08-17
- second reading — 2017-08-17
- second reading — 2017-08-17
- third reading — 2017-08-17
- passed — 2017-08-17
- royal assent — 2017-08-23
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-05-25.
The bill would fix mistakes in Acts caused by drafting and clerical errors.
It would repeal about 46 pages of outdated provisions and update language in some laws.
The amendments aim to make the statute book more consistent and easier to read and use.
- Corrects technical drafting and clerical errors in Acts.
- Repeals spent and obsolete provisions and Acts.
- Modernises language and makes other technical amendments in certain legislation.
The Commonwealth statute book and those who read and administer it.
Sources
em
billhome
frl act