Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel
—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au
Australian Capital Territory
Dangerous Substances Act 2004
A2004-
7
Republication No 49
Effective:
23
October
2018
Republication date: 23
October
2018
Last amendment made by A2018
-33
Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel
—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the
Dangerous Substances Act 2004
(including any amendment made
under the
Legislation Act 2001
, part 11.3 (Ed
itorial changes))
as in force on
23 October
2018
.
It
also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to
23 October
2018.
The legislation histo
ry and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and
4.
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT
legislation register at
www.legislation.act.gov.au
):
•
authorised republications to which the
Legislation Act 2001
applies
•
unauthorised republications.
The stat
us of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The
Legislation Act 2001
, part 11.3
authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial
amendments a
nd other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.
Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by
an Act commencing on the republication date (see
Legislation Act 2001
, s 115 and s 117). The
changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into
line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting prac
tice.
This republication
does not
include amendments
made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol
U
appears immediately
before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law
are accessible on the ACT legislation register (
www.legislation.act.gov.au
). For more
information, see the home page for this law on the register.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the
symbol
M
appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying
provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications,
see the
Legislation Act
2001
, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an
individual and $750 for a c
orporation (see
Legislation Act 2001
, s 133).