Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00324:clause:1_15za:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00324
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 15ZA (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 72094–74817

15ZA  Authorised versions

Authorised electronic versions
 (1) An electronic copy of a registered law or explanatory statement is an authorised version of the registered law or explanatory statement if:
 (a) the electronic copy is accessed at, or downloaded from, an approved website in a format prescribed by the rules; and
 (b) either:
 (i) the website indicates, in a way prescribed by the rules, that such a copy is an authorised version; or
 (ii) the electronic copy indicates, in a way prescribed by the rules, that it is an authorised version.
Example: For paragraph (a), a locked pdf file may be a format prescribed by the rules.
 (2) An electronic copy of a registered law or explanatory statement is an authorised version of the registered law or explanatory statement if:
 (a) it is in a format prescribed by the rules; and
 (b) the electronic copy indicates, in a way prescribed by the rules, that it is an authorised version.
Example: For paragraph (a), a locked pdf file may be a format prescribed by the rules.

Authorised printed versions
 (3) A printed copy of a registered law or explanatory statement is an authorised version of the registered law or explanatory statement if the copy indicates, in a way prescribed by the rules, that it is an authorised version.
 (4) A printed copy of a registered law or explanatory statement is an authorised version of the registered law or explanatory statement if the copy is produced directly from another version of the registered law or explanatory statement that is an authorised version under subsection (1), (2) or (3), or this subsection.

Presumptions about an approved website and registered laws or explanatory statements
 (5) It is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that:
 (a) a website purporting to be an approved website is an approved website; and
 (b) if accessed at a website mentioned in paragraph (a), an Act, a legislative instrument, a notifiable instrument, an explanatory statement for a legislative instrument or a compilation of an Act or a legislative instrument or notifiable instrument is registered; and
 (c) an electronic copy of a registered law or explanatory statement accessed at, or downloaded from, an approved website is an authorised version under subsection (1), if:
 (i) the website indicates (in any way) that such a copy is an authorised version; or
 (ii) the copy indicates (in any way) that the copy is an authorised version; and
 (d) an electronic copy of a registered law or explanatory statement is an authorised version under subsection (2) if the copy indicates (in any way) that it is an authorised version; and
 (e) a printed copy of a registered law or explanatory statement is an authorised version under