Summary
Amends: the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
to restructure the Act by: co-locating and listing alphabetically definitions; ensuring powers in relation to instruments apply to all types of instruments; enabling section 19B and 19BA Orders to apply retrospectively; providing that an action by a minister other than a minister authorised to perform that action is not invalid merely on that basis; clarifying actions done by a person purporting to act under an appointment; providing that everything in an Act should be considered part of the Act; and modernising concepts; the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
in relation to the construction of legislative instruments; and 248 Acts to make consequential amendments.