Legislative Instruments Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 179

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

Dated 2 August 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

NICOLA ROXON

Attorney-General

1 Name of regulation

  This regulation is the Legislative Instruments Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This regulation commences on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Counsel and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012.

3 Amendment of Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004

  Schedule 1 amends the Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Subregulations 4 (2) and (3)

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 (2) An electronic document is lodged if:

 (a) it is in any of the following word processing or data formats:

 (i) Microsoft Word 97 or later version;

 (ii) rich text format;

 (iii) another format agreed, in writing, by the First Parliamentary Counsel; and

 (b) it is given to the First Parliamentary Counsel:

 (i) through the electronic lodgement facility at https://lodgment.frli.gov.au; or

 (ii) in another way agreed, in writing, by the First Parliamentary Counsel.

 (3) A non‑electronic document is lodged if it is:

 (a) delivered to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel at 63 Denison Street, Deakin ACT 2600; or

 (b) posted to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel at Locked Bag 30, Kingston ACT 2604; or

 (c) delivered, posted or otherwise given to the First Parliamentary Counsel in a way agreed, in writing, by the First Parliamentary Counsel.             

[2] Regulation 5

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Secretary

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First Parliamentary Counsel

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.comlaw.gov.au.