Australian Capital Territory

architects act 1959
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Reprinted as at 31 January 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
Part I—Preliminary
	1.	Short title
	2.	Commencement
	4.	Interpretation
Part II—The architects board
	5.	The Architects Board
	6.	Members of the Board
	7.	Tenure of office
	9.	Removal of member from office
	10.	Vacation of office by member
	11.	Acting appointments
	12.	Convening of meetings of the Board
	13.	Procedure at meetings
Part III—Registration and Qualifications
	13A.	Registrar of Architects
	14.	Register
	15.	Mode of registration
	16.	Persons entitled to apply for registration

	16A.	Board may authorise registration
	17.	Appeal in case of refusal by the Board to register a person
	18.	Proof of registration
	18A.	Practising certificate
	19.	Fraudulent applications for registration and practising certificate
	20.	Change of address to be notified
	21.	Alteration of Register
	22.	Cancellation of registration
	23.	Inquiry to be held
	24.	Surrender of certificates on removal of names from Register
	25.	Appeal
	26.	Application for re-registration
	27.	Collection of fees
Part IV—The conduct of Architectural 
Practice
	28.	Unauthorised representation as architect
	29.	Administration of estate of deceased architect
	30.	Architect not to practise without practising certificate
Part V—Miscellaneous
	31.	Power to summon witness
	32.	Power to examine on oath
	34.	Failure to attend or produce documents
	35.	Refusal to be sworn or give evidence
	36.	Protection of witnesses
	37.	Fees and expenses to witnesses
	38.	False testimony
	39.	Board may inspect books etc.
	39B.	Power of Minister to determine fees
	40.	Regulations

Australian Capital Territory

architects act 1959
An Act to provide for the registration of persons engaged in the practice of architecture and to control architectural practice
Part I—Preliminary
1. 	Short title
	This Act may be cited as the Architects Act 1959.1
2. 	Commencement
	This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.1
4. 	Interpretation
	In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“Board” means the Architects Board constituted under this Act;
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board;
“Deputy Chairperson” means a person elected under subsection 6 (5);
“member” means a member of the Board;
“Register” means the Register of Architects kept in accordance with section 14;
“registered architect” means a person whose name is for the time being entered in the Register;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Architects under section 13A.

Part II—The Architects Board
5. 	The Architects Board
(1) 	For the purposes of this Act there shall be a board, which shall be known as the Architects Board.
(2) 	The Board may sue and be sued in its own name.
(3) 	The Executive shall satisfy, out of moneys legally available for the purpose, all orders made by a court against the Board.
6. 	Members of the Board
(1) 	The Board shall consist of 5 members who shall be appointed by the Minister.
(2) 	The Minister shall appoint 1 of the members of the Board to be the Chairperson of the Board.
(3) 	Two of the members of the Board shall be persons nominated by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, being persons who are registered architects.
(4) 	One of the members of the Board, not being the members nominated by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, shall be a person who is a registered architect.
(5) 	The members of the Board shall elect 1 of their number to be the Deputy Chairperson during the pleasure of the Board.
(6) 	The Chairperson shall be the executive officer of the Board.
7. 	Tenure of office
(1) 	A member appointed by the Minister holds office for a term of 3 years and is eligible for reappointment.
(2) 	Where the office of a member becomes vacant before the expiration of his or her term of office, the person appointed to fill the vacancy holds office for the unexpired portion of the term of office of the member whose office has become vacant.
(3) 	The performance of the functions of the Board is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Board.
9. 	Removal of member from office
	The Minister may at any time terminate the appointment of a member for misbehaviour or incapacity.
10. 	Vacation of office by member
(1) 	A member shall be deemed to have vacated his or her office—
	(a)	if his or her appointment is terminated by the Minister in pursuance of this Act;
	(b)	if he or she becomes bankrupt;
	(c)	if he or she becomes of unsound mind;
	(d)	if he or she is convicted of an indictable offence;
	(e)	if he or she resigns his or her office in writing addressed to the Minister and the resignation is accepted by the Minister; or
	(f)	if he or she is absent without leave of the Board from 2 consecutive meetings of the Board.
11. 	Acting appointments
(1) 	The Minister may, in writing, appoint a person to act as a member—
	(a)	during a vacancy in the office of a member, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office; or
	(b)	during any period, or during all periods, when a member is absent from duty or from the Territory or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of the office;
but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act for more than 12 months.
(2) 	Anything done by, or in relation to, a person purporting to act under this section is not invalid on the ground that—
	(a)	the occasion for the person’s appointment had not arisen;
	(b)	there is a defect or irregularity in connection with the person’s appointment;
	(c)	the person’s appointment has ceased to have effect; or
	(d)	the occasion for the action had not arisen.
12. 	Convening of meetings of the Board
(1) 	Subject to subsection (2), a meeting of the Board shall be convened by the Chairperson by notice in writing to the other members of the Board, and shall be held at the time and place specified in the notice.
(2) 	The Minister may, by notice in writing to each member, direct that a meeting be held at the time and place specified in the notice.
13. 	Procedure at meetings
(1) 	The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Board at which he or she is present.
(2) 	In the absence of the Chairperson from a meeting the Deputy Chairperson shall preside.
(3) 	At a meeting of the Board, the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson and 2 other members constitute a quorum.
(4) 	All questions before a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present.
(5) 	The member presiding at a meeting of the Board has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
(6) 	Subject to this Act the procedure of the Board shall be as the Board determines.
Part III—Registration and Qualifications
13A. 	Registrar of Architects
(1) 	There shall be a Registrar of Architects.
(2) 	The Chief Executive shall create and maintain an office in the Government Service the duties of which include performing the functions of the Registrar of Architects.
(3) 	The Registrar shall be the public servant for the time being performing the duties of the Government Service office referred to in subsection (2).
14. 	Register
	The Board shall keep a register called “The Register of Architects”.
15. 	Mode of registration
(1) 	Where the Board has authorised the registration of a person, the registration shall be effected by entering in the Register—
	(a)	the person’s name;
	(b)	the person’s professional address or addresses (if any) in the Territory or, if the person has no such professional address, his or her place of residence (whether in the Territory or elsewhere);
	(c)	particulars of the person’s qualifications;
	(d)	a registration number allotted to the person;
	(e)	the date of the person’s registration; and
	(f)	such other particulars (if any) as are prescribed.
(2) 	An entry in the Register shall be signed by the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson of the Board.
(3) 	Where a person is registered as an architect, the Board shall, upon payment of a fee determined by the Minister under section 39B for the purposes of this subsection, cause to be issued to the person a certificate of registration in a form approved by the Board, under the hand of the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.
16. 	Persons entitled to apply for registration
(1) 	A person is entitled to apply to the Board for registration as an architect if the person has attained the age of 18 years and—
	(a)	he or she holds a certificate issued by The Architects’ Accreditation Council of Australia Incorporated, being a body incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991;
	(b)	he or she is entitled under a law of a State or another Territory to practise as an architect in that State or another Territory; or
	(c)	he or she—
	(i)	holds a degree or diploma in architecture granted by an institution, whether within or outside Australia, approved by the Board;
	(ii)	has completed 2 years’ practical experience in architecture of which at least 1 year’s experience is postgraduate experience; and
	(iii)	has successfully completed an examination in the practice of architecture approved by the Board.
(1A) 	An application shall—
	(a)	be in accordance with a form approved by the Board; and
	(b)	be lodged with the Board.
(2) 	The Board may require an applicant for registration to attend personally before the Board and, if he or she fails to attend as required, may refuse the application.
16A. 	Board may authorise registration
	Subject to subsection 16 (2), where a person has made application to the Board in accordance with subsection 16 (1A), the Board shall authorise the registration of the person if satisfied that the person—
	(a)	is entitled to apply for registration as an architect; and
	(b)	is a fit and proper person to be registered.
17. 	Appeal in case of refusal by the Board to register a person
(1) 	If the Board refuses to authorise the registration of a person, the Board shall, if required by that person, state in writing the reason for the refusal.
(2) 	A person whose application for registration is refused by the Board may appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision of the Board.
(3) 	The Board shall be the respondent upon the appeal.
(4) 	The appeal shall be in the nature of a re-hearing, but the Supreme Court may have regard to material that was before the Board.
(5) 	If the Supreme Court allows the appeal, it may order that the appellant shall be registered under this Act.
(6) 	Jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals under this section is vested in the Supreme Court.
(7) 	This section does not apply in relation to an application under section 26.
18. 	Proof of registration
(1) 	A certificate of registration issued under this Act is evidence that the person specified in the certificate was registered under this Act on the date specified in the certificate and has continued to be so registered.
(2) 	Judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson appearing on a certificate of registration referred to in subsection (1) and of the fact that the person by whom the certificate purports to have been signed was, at the time the certificate was signed, the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson as the case may be.
18A. 	Practising certificate
(1) 	The Registrar shall, upon payment of a fee determined by the Minister under section 39B for the purposes of this subsection issue to a person whose name appears in the Register a practising certificate.
(2) 	A practising certificate takes effect on the date on which the certificate is expressed to take effect.
(3) 	A practising certificate shall be expressed to take effect—
	(a)	where the applicant for the certificate is the holder of a current practising certificate—on 1 March next following the date on which application for issue  of the certificate is made; and
	(b)	in any other case—on the date on which the certificate is issued.
(4) 	A practising certificate expires on 1 March next following the date on which the certificate takes effect.
(5) 	A practising certificate expires if the registration of the holder of the certificate is cancelled or suspended.
19. 	Fraudulent applications for registration and practising certificate
	A person shall not, in connection with an application for registration, or for a practising certificate, under this Act, make a false or misleading statement or produce a false certificate, testimonial or other document.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
20. 	Change of address to be notified
(1) 	A registered architect who changes his or her professional address in the Territory, or establishes a professional address, or an additional professional address, in the Territory, shall, within 7 days after the change or establishment, notify the Chairperson in writing accordingly.
(2) 	A registered architect, not having a professional address in the Territory, who changes his or her place of residence shall, within 7 days after the change, notify the Chairperson in writing accordingly.
Penalty:  5 penalty units.
21. 	Alteration of Register
(1) 	The Board shall cause to be removed from the Register the names of all registered architects who have died and may cause to be made such alterations to the particulars recorded in the Register as are necessary.
(2) 	The Board may, by notice to a registered architect, posted or otherwise delivered to the architect at his or her professional address or at 1 of his or her professional addresses recorded in the Register, or at his or her last-known place of residence, inquire whether his or her professional address or addresses in the Territory, or his or her place of residence, is or are still the address or addresses shown in the Register.
(3) 	If an answer to a notice under subsection (2) is not returned within 6 months after the date of the posting or of the delivery of the notice, the Board may cause the name of the architect to be removed from the Register.
(4) 	A name removed from the Register under this section may be restored by authority of the Board.
22. 	Cancellation of registration
(1) 	The Board shall cause to be removed from the Register the name of a person—
	(a)	whose registration has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;
	(b)	whose degree or diploma is withdrawn by the body which granted it;
	(c)	who is convicted, whether in the Territory or elsewhere, of an indictable offence or of any other offence which, in the opinion of the Board, renders the person unfit to practise;
	(d)	if the Board is satisfied that, because of mental incapacity, the person is incapable of practising as an architect; or
	(e)	who is found by the Board to have been guilty of—
	(i)	habitual drunkenness or addiction to a narcotic drug;
	(ii)	accepting a commission or substantial valuable consideration from a person who has offered or agreed to execute, or is engaged in the execution of, any work in connection with a building designed or supervised by the registered architect or from a person who has offered or agreed to supply any material, fittings or appliances to be used in or in connection with a building designed or supervised by the registered architect;
	(iii)	allowing a person, other than a registered architect, to practise in his or her name as an architect; or
	(iv)	directly or indirectly giving or offering or agreeing to give or offer to a person any valuable consideration for securing or attempting to secure for the registered architect employment or work as an architect.
(2) 	The Board may, instead of causing to be removed from the Register the name of a person who has been found guilty of conduct or an act referred to in paragraph (1) (e), reprimand the person or suspend the registration of the person for such period, not exceeding 6 months, as the Board thinks fit.
(3) 	If the Board causes the removal of a person’s name from the Register, the Board shall, if so required by that person, state in writing the reason for the removal.
23. 	Inquiry to be held
(1) 	Before taking action in relation to a person in pursuance of section 22, the Board shall hold an inquiry.
(2) 	At the inquiry the person may be represented by a legal practitioner or an agent, who may examine witnesses and address the Board on his or her behalf.
(3) 	In conducting the inquiry, the Board is not bound by rules of evidence or legal procedure, but may inform itself in such manner as it thinks fit.
(4) 	The Minister may appoint a legal practitioner to assist the Board.
(5) 	Pending the holding of the inquiry, the Board may suspend the registration of the person registered.
24. 	Surrender of certificates on removal of names from Register
(1) 	Where the name of a person is removed from the Register or the registration of a person is suspended, the Board may, by notice in writing posted or otherwise delivered to that person at the person’s professional address or at 1 of the person’s professional addresses as last recorded in the Register, or at the person’s last-known place of residence, require the person, within 14 days after receipt of the notice, to deliver the person’s certificate of registration and the person’s practising certificate (if any) to the Board for cancellation.
(2) 	A person shall not fail to comply with a notice served on him or her under subsection (1).
Penalty:  5 penalty units.
25. 	Appeal
(1) 	A person whose name has been removed from the Register or whose registration has been suspended in pursuance of section 22 may appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision of the Board.
(2) 	The Board shall be the respondent upon the appeal.
(3) 	The appeal shall be in the nature of a re-hearing, but the Supreme Court may have regard to material that was before the Board.
(4) 	If the Supreme Court allows the appeal, the Board shall forthwith cause the original registration of the appellant to be restored and shall either return the certificate of registration to the appellant, or, if the certificate of registration has been cancelled, cause a new certificate of registration to be issued to the appellant as from the date of his or her original registration.
(5) 	Jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals under this section is vested in the Supreme Court.
26. 	Application for re-registration
	Where the name of a person has been removed from the Register in pursuance of section 22, the person may apply for re-registration, but is not entitled to be again registered unless the Board in its absolute discretion thinks fit to authorise the re-registration.
27. 	Collection of fees
	The Board may demand and collect in advance such fees as are payable under this Act.
Part IV—The Conduct of Architectural Practice
28. 	Unauthorised representation as architect
	A person other than a registered architect shall not take or use, either alone or in combination with any other words or letters, the title of “architect” or “architectural practitioner” or a name, title, addition or description (including initials or letters placed after his or her name) indicating or implying that the person is an architect (other than a landscape architect, naval architect or golf course architect).
Penalty:  30 penalty units.
29. 	Administration of estate of deceased architect
	Upon the death of a registered architect who was at the time of the death carrying on business as an architect, an executor, administrator or trustee of his or her estate may continue the business for a period of 2 months or for such longer period as is permitted by the Board if the practice of architecture in the business is carried on by a registered architect who is the holder of a current practising certificate.
30. 	Architect not to practise without practising certificate
(1) 	A person shall not carry on the practice of architecture (other than landscape architecture, naval architecture or golf course architecture) in the Territory on his or her own account or in partnership with another person unless the person holds a current practising certificate.
Penalty:  50 penalty units.
(2) 	Subsection (1) shall be deemed to have come into operation on the date of commencement of the Architects Act (No. 2) 1974.
Part V—Miscellaneous
31. 	Power to summon witnesses
(1) 	The Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson of the Board may, in writing, summon a person to attend the Board at a time and place specified in the summons and then and there to give evidence and produce any books, documents or writings in the person’s custody or control which he or she is required by the summons to produce.
(2) 	A summons under this section shall be served—
	(a)	by delivering it personally to the person to be served;
	(b)	by sending it by prepaid registered letter addressed to the person at his or her place of abode or business last-known to the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson; or
	(c)	by leaving it at the person’s place of abode or business last-known to the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson with some person apparently an inmate of that place and apparently not less than 16 years of age.
32. 	Power to examine on oath
	A member of the Board may administer an oath to a person appearing as a witness before the Board, whether the witness has been summoned or appears without being summoned, and the witness may be examined on oath.
34. 	Failure to attend or produce documents
(1) 	A person served with a summons to attend the Board shall not fail, without reasonable excuse, to attend the Board or to produce the books, documents or writings in the person’s custody or control which he or she is required by the summons to produce.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both;
	(b)	 if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units. 
(2) 	It is a defence to a prosecution for failing without reasonable excuse to produce a book, document or writing if the defendant proves that the book, document or writing was not relevant to the matter the subject of the Board’s proceedings.
35. 	Refusal to be sworn or give evidence
(1) 	A person appearing as a witness before the Board shall not refuse to be sworn or to make an affirmation or to answer a question relevant to the proceedings put to him or her by a member of the Board.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(2) 	A statement or disclosure made by a witness to the Board is not, except in proceedings for an offence against section 38, admissible in evidence against the witness in civil or criminal proceedings in a court.
36. 	Protection of witnesses
	A witness before the Board has the same protection as a witness in a matter before the Supreme Court.
37. 	Fees and expenses to witnesses
(1) 	A person who attends for the purpose of giving evidence before the Board is entitled to receive such fees and travelling expenses in accordance with the scale in Schedule 2 to the Public Works Committee Regulations as in force from time to time under the Public Works Committee Act 1969 of the Commonwealth as the Chairperson, or, if the Chairperson is absent from the meeting of the Board, the Deputy Chairperson determines.
(2) 	Fees and expenses payable to a person in accordance with subsection (1) are payable—
	(a)	if the person attended before the Board, whether on summons or not, by reason of a request by a person other than the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson of the Board or a public servant—by the person at whose request the firstmentioned person attended; or
	(b)	in any other case—by the Territory.
38. 	False testimony
	A witness before the Board shall not knowingly give false testimony.
Penalty:  50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
39. 	Board may inspect books etc.
	The Board may inspect books, documents or writings before it, and may retain them for such reasonable period as it thinks fit and may make copies of such portions of them as are relevant to a matter before the Board.
39B. 	Power of Minister to determine fees
	The Minister may, by notice in writing published in the Gazette, determine fees for the purposes of this Act.
40. 	Regulations
	The Executive may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and in particular for prescribing matters providing for and in relation to the imposition of penalties, not exceeding a fine of—
 	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—10 penalty units; or
 	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—50 penalty units; 
for offences against the Regulations.

NOTES
1.	The Architects Act 1959 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 3, 1959 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
	Citation of Laws—The Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989  (No. 21, 1989) altered the citation of most Ordinances so that after Self-Government day they are to be cited as Acts.  That Act also affects references in ACT laws to Commonwealth Acts.
2.	The Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 (No. 51, 1996) authorises the Parliamentary Counsel in preparing a law for republication, to make certain editorial and other formal amendments in accordance with current legislative drafting practice.  Those amendments make no change in the law.  Amendments made pursuant to that Act do not appear in the Table of Amendments but details may be obtained on request from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Table 1
Table of Ordinances
Ordinance	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Architects Ordinance 1959	3, 1959	2 Apr 1959	1 Oct 1959
(see Gazette 1959, p. 3298)		
Ordinances Revision (Decimal Currency) Ordinance 1966	19, 1966	23 Dec 1966	23 Dec 1966	—	
	as
amended
by
36, 1967	

30 Nov 1967	

23 Dec 1966	

—	
Architects Ordinance 1967	37, 1967	7 Dec 1967	7 Dec 1967	—	
Architects Ordinance 1970	9, 1970	5 Mar 1970	5 Mar 1970	—	
Architects Ordinance (No. 2) 1970	19, 1970	25 June 1970	25 June 1970	—	
Architects Ordinance 1971	21, 1971	23 Sept 1971	23 Sept 1971	—	
Architects Ordinance 1973	5, 1973	22 Feb 1973	22 Feb 1973	—	
Architects Ordinance 1974	2, 1974	26 Feb 1974	26 Feb 1974	S. 3 (2)	
Architects Ordinance (No. 2) 1974	45, 1974	22 Oct 1974	22 Oct 1974	—	
Ordinances Revision (Age of Majority) Ordinance 1974	47, 1974	24 Oct 1974	1 Nov 1974	—	
Architects (Amendment) Ordinance 1976	44, 1976	13 Sept 1976	13 Sept 1976	—	
Ordinances Revision (Remuneration) Ordinance 1976	61, 1976	16 Nov 1976	16 Nov 1976	—	
Architects (Amendment) Ordinance 1978	7, 1978	21 Feb 1978	21 Feb 1978	—	
Ordinances Revision (Administrative Arrangements) Ordinance 1978	11, 1978	11 May 1978	11 May 1978	S. 6 (1)-(3)	
Ordinances Revision  Ordinance 1978	46, 1978	28 Dec 1978	28 Dec 1978	—	
Architects (Amendment) Ordinance 1982	66, 1982	18 Aug 1982	18 Aug 1982	—	
Architects (Amendment) Ordinance 1983	33, 1983	29 Sept 1983	1 Oct 1983	—	
Architects (Amendment) Ordinance 1988	58, 1988	7 Sept 1988	7 Sept 1988	S. 6	
Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989	38, 1989	10 May 1989	Ss. 1 and 2: 10 May 1989
Remainder: 11 May 1989 (see s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1989, No. S164)	—	
Remuneration (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 1989
	50, 1989	10 May 1989	10 May 1989	—	
Self-Government day 11 May 1989
Table 2
Table of Acts
Act	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992	23, 1992	4 June 1992	4 June 1992	—	
Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993	1, 1993	1 Mar 1993	1 Mar 1993	—	
Mental Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994	45, 1994	7 Sept 1994	Ss. 1 and 2:  7 Sept 1994
Remainder :  6 Feb 1995 (see
s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1995, No. S33, p. 2)	—	
Statutory Offices (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994	97, 1994	15 Dec 1994	Ss. 1 and 2:  15 Dec 1994
Remainder:  15 Dec 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S293)	Part III 
(ss. 4-9)	
(Reprinted as at 6 February 1995)	
Annual Reports (Government Agencies) (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995	25, 1995	5 Sept 1995	5 Sept 1995	—
	
Remuneration Tribunal (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	41, 1997	19 Sept 1997	Ss. 1 and 2:  19 Sept 1997
Remainder:  23 Sept 1997 (see Gazette 1997, No. S280)	—	
Legal Practitioners (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	96, 1997	1 Dec 1997	Ss. 1 and 2:  1 Dec 1997
Remainder: 1 June 1998 (see s. 2 (2))	—	
Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1998	54, 1998	27 Nov 1998	Ss. 1 and 2:  27 Nov 1998
Remainder:  9 Dec 1998 (see Gazette 1998, No. 49, p. 1078)
	—	

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended     rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision	How affected

S. 3	am. No. 5, 1973; No. 2, 1974
	rep. No. 45, 1974
S. 4	am. No. 45, 1974; No. 46, 1978; Act No. 1, 1993; No. 97, 1994
S. 5	am. No. 11, 1978; No. 38, 1989
S. 6	am. No. 7, 1978; Act No. 1, 1993; No. 51, 1996
S. 7	am. No. 7, 1978
S. 8	am. No. 21, 1971
	rs. No. 61, 1976; No. 50, 1989
	rep. Act No. 41, 1997
S. 11	rs. Act No. 23, 1992
Ss. 12, 13	am. Act No. 1, 1993
S. 13A	ad. No. 45, 1974
	am. No. 38, 1989
	rs. Act No. 97, 1994
S. 15	am. No. 19, 1966 (as am. by No. 36, 1967); No. 2, 1974; No. 66, 1982; No. 33, 1983; Act No. 23, 1992; No. 1, 1993
S. 16	am. No. 47, 1974; No. 58, 1988; Act No. 1, 1993
S. 16A	ad. No. 58, 1988
S. 17	am. Act No. 23, 1992
S. 18	am. Act No. 1, 1993
S. 18A	ad. No. 2, 1974
	am. No. 66, 1982; No. 33, 1983; Act No. 1, 1993
S. 19	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 2, 1974; Act No. 1, 1993; No. 54, 1998
S. 20	am. No. 19, 1966; Act No. 1, 1993; No. 54, 1998
S. 21	am. Act No. 1, 1993
S. 22	am. No. 58, 1988; Act No. 23, 1992; No. 1, 1993; No. 45, 1994
S. 23	am. No. 38, 1989; Act No. 1, 1993; No. 96, 1997
S. 24	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 2, 1974; Act No. 23, 1992;  No. 1, 1993; No. 54, 1998
S. 25	am. Act No. 23, 1992; No. 1, 1993
S. 26	am. Act No. 23, 1992
S. 27	am. No. 33, 1983
S. 28	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 21, 1971; No. 2, 1974; Act No. 23, 1992; No. 54, 1998
S. 29	am. No. 2, 1974; Act No. 23, 1992; No. 1, 1993
S. 30	rep. No. 5, 1973
	ad. No. 2, 1974
	am. No. 45, 1974; Act No. 23, 1992; No. 54, 1998
S. 31	am. Act No. 23, 1992; No. 1, 1993
S. 33	rep. Act No. 1, 1993
S. 34	am. No. 19, 1966; Act No. 1, 1993; No. 54, 1998
S. 35	am. No. 19, 1966; Act No. 23, 1992; No. 1, 1993; No. 54, 1998
S. 37	rs. No. 37, 1967
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S. 38	am. Act No. 1, 1993; No. 54, 1998
S. 39A	ad. No. 44, 1976
	rep. Act No. 25, 1995
S. 39B	ad. No. 33, 1983
S. 40	am. No. 19, 1966; No. 33, 1983; No. 38, 1989; Act No. 1, 1993; No. 54, 1998