Acts Interpretation Amendment (Home Affairs) Substituted Reference Order 2024
I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following order.
Dated 12 December 2024
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Mark Dreyfus KC
Attorney‑General
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Acts Interpretation Substituted Reference Order 2017
This instrument is the Acts Interpretation Amendment (Home Affairs) Substituted Reference Order 2024.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. | 17 December 2024 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under section 19B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Acts Interpretation Substituted Reference Order 2017
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2.8 Substitutions having effect on and after 30 July 2024
The following table sets out substitutions having effect on and after 30 July 2024 that affect provisions of a single Act or instrument that refer to Ministers.
Substitutions having effect on and after 30 July 2024—references to Ministers in a single Act or instrument | |||
| Column 1 Affected provisions | Column 2 Existing reference | Column 3 Substitute reference |
1 | A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, subsection 3(1) (definition of Home Affairs Minister) | Minister administering the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 | Minister administering the Migration Act 1958 |
2 | Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, section 6 (definition of Home Affairs Minister) | Minister administering the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 | Minister administering the Migration Act 1958 |
3 | Social Security Act 1991, subsection 23(1) (definition of Home Affairs Minister) | Minister administering the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 | Minister administering the Migration Act 1958 |
2.9 Substitutions having effect on and after 25 October 2024
The following table sets out substitutions having effect on and after 25 October 2024 that affect provisions of a single Act or instrument that refer to Ministers.
Substitutions having effect on and after 25 October 2024—references to Ministers in a single Act or instrument | |||
| Column 1 Affected provisions | Column 2 Existing reference | Column 3 Substitute reference |
1 | Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977, paragraphs (daa) and (daaa) of Schedule 1 | Minister administering the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 | Minister administering the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 |