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Where by a law in force in the Territory the Governor‑General or a Minister is authorized or empowered to make an appointment or do any other act, production of the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, of the Australian Government Gazette or of the Government Gazette of the Territory purporting to contain a copy or notification of that appointment or act is, in all courts, evidence of the appointment or act having been duly made or done.

11 Compliance with forms

  Where forms are prescribed for the purposes of an Ordinance, substantial compliance with those forms is, unless the contrary intention appears, sufficient.

12 Offences under 2 or more laws

 (1) Where an act or omission constitutes offences under 2 or more Ordinances, or constitutes an offence under an Ordinance and an offence at common law, the offender is, unless the contrary intention appears, liable to be prosecuted and convicted under either or any of those Ordinances or under that Ordinance or at common law, but is not liable to be punished more than once in respect of that act or omission.

 (2) Where an act or omission constitutes an offence under an Ordinance and an Act and the offender has been punished for the offence under the Act, the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence under the Ordinance.

13 Attempt to commit offence

  A provision in an Ordinance which constitutes an offence shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be deemed to provide also that an attempt to commit that offence is an offence against that provision punishable as if the attempted offence had been committed.

14 Civil rights not affected

  The imposition of a penalty by an Ordinance in respect of an act or omission does not, in the absence of an express provision to the contrary, affect the right of any person to institute civil proceedings in respect of that act or omission.

15 Regulations

 (1) Where an Ordinance confers power to make regulations, then, unless the contrary intention appears:
 (a) notice of the making of regulations made accordingly and of the place where copies of those regulations may be purchased shall be published in the Gazette;
 (b) subject to this section, regulations made accordingly take effect from the date of publication of the notice referred to in paragraph (a) or, where another date is specified in the regulations, from the date so specified; and
 (c) regulations made accordingly shall be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the making of the regulations.

 (2) Regulations shall not be expressed to take effect from a date before the date of publication of the notice referred to in subsection (1)