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The purpose of this enactment is to make minor amendments of a
non-controversial nature to a number of Acts, without having to wait for
those Acts to be opened up for amendments of a more substantial nature.
There have been seven previous Miscellaneous Statute Law
Amendment Acts, the first having been passed in 1977.
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The criteria applied in determining whether a suggested amendment
is included in this enactment are that the amendment must not
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(b) involve the spending of public funds;
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(c) prejudicially affect the rights of persons; or
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(d) create a new offence or subject a new class of persons to an
existing offence.
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