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Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 1984

COOK ISLANDS

ACTS INTERPRETATION AMENDMENT ACT 1984

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Citation of sections, subsections, Schedules, etc.

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1984, No. 18

An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1924

(27 December 1984

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title - This Act may be cited as the Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 1984, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924 of the Parliament of New Zealand (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2. Citation of sections, subsections, Schedules, etc. - The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 19, the following section:

"19A. (1) In any Act -

"(a) A reference to a section that does not specify the Act to which the section belongs is a reference to a section of the Act in which the reference occurs:

"(b) A reference to a subsection that does not specify the section to which the subsection belongs is a reference to a subsection of the section in which the reference occurs:

"(c) A reference to a Schedule that does not specify the Act to which that Schedule belongs is a reference to a Schedule of the Act in which the reference occurs.

"(2) In any regulations -

"(a) A reference to a regulation that does not specify the regulations to which that regulation belongs is a reference to a regulation of the regulations in which the reference occurs:

"(b) A reference to a subclause that does not specify the regulation to which that subclause belongs is a reference to a sub-clause of the regulation in which the reference occurs:

"(c) A reference to a Schedule that does not specify the regulations to which that Schedule belongs is a reference to a Schedule to the regulations in which the reference occurs."

"(3) In any Order in Executive Council -

"(a) A reference to a clause that does not specify the Order to which that clause belongs is a reference to a clause of the order in which the reference occurs:

"(b) A reference to a subclause that does not specify the clause to which that subclause belongs is a reference to a subclause of the clause in which the reference occurs:

"(c) A reference to a Schedule that does not specify the Order to which that Schedule belongs is a reference to a Schedule to the Order in which the reference occurs:"

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