Clause 11

by repealing section 8 and substituting the following section:“Mode of referring to written laws8.—

It is sufficient for all purposes to refer to a written law —

in the case of an Act —

by the year of its enactment and its number among the Acts enacted in that year;

where the Act, as enacted or revised, provides that it may be cited by a short title — by that short title; and

where the Act is a revised edition published before the date of commencement of section 5 of the Statute Law Reform Act 2021 under any law providing for a revised edition — by its chapter number and the year of the revised edition; and

in the case of a piece of subsidiary legislation that, as made or revised, provides for the manner of its citation — by that citation.(2) A reference for the purposes of subsection (1) may be made according to copies of written laws printed by the Government Printer.(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a written law in accordance with subsection (1) is to be read as a reference to the written law as amended from time to time by any other written law.(4) Where —

a written law is referred to by its short title or citation, whether in any other written law or in any document; and

the short title or citation is subsequently changed,the reference is to be read, unless the contrary intention appears, as a reference to the changed short title or citation.”;

by inserting, immediately after section 9A, the following section:“Changes to style not to affect meaning9B. Where —

a provision of an Act has expressed an idea in a particular form of words; and

a revised edition or a later provision of that Act, or a later Act, appears to have expressed the same idea in a different form of words for the purpose of using a clearer style,the ideas are not to be taken to be different merely because different forms of words were used.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “the Act or that part confers power” in section 22, the words “(or amends another Act to confer power)”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “for the purposes of the Act or that part” in section 22, the words “(or the Act being amended)”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “the Act or that part” in section 22(b), the words “(or the other Act as amended)”.