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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid8547271 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1924
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7367231\charrsid14419928 B}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 E IT ENACTED}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 
 by the Parliament of the Cook Islands}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7367231\charrsid14419928  in Sessi}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 on assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 1. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 Short Title}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid8547271  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7367231\charrsid14419928 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928  This Act may be cited as the Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 1984, and shall be r
ead together with and deemed part of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7367231\charrsid14419928  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 
of the Parliament of New Zealand (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 2. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 Citation of sections, subsections, Schedules, etc}{
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 The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 19, the following section:
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 
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"(a) A reference to a section that does not specify the Act to which the section belongs is a reference to a section of the Act in which the reference occurs:
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in which the reference occurs.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 
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(c) A reference to a Schedule that does not specify the regulations to which that Schedule belongs is a reference to a Schedule to the regulations in which the reference occurs."
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lause that does not specify the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8875977\charrsid14419928 Order to which that clause belongs is a reference to a clause of the order in which the reference occurs:
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a subclause that does not specify the clause to which that subclause belongs is a reference to a subclause of the clause in which the reference occurs:
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(c) A reference to a Schedule that does not specify the Order to which that Schedule belongs is a reference to a Schedule to the Order in which the reference occurs:"
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5053073\charrsid14419928 
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nistered by the Crown Law Office
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