Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00004:clause:5_17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00004
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Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 17
Character Range: 12466–13292

17  Amendment and repeal of existing laws
 (1) Subject to this Act, a law continued in force by section 16 may be amended or repealed by an enactment or by a law made under an enactment.
 (2) A law continued in force by section 16, being an Ordinance, or being a Law made by the Governor of the State of New South Wales before the commencement of the Norfolk Island Act 1913, may not be amended or repealed by a law made under an enactment unless the contrary intention appears in that enactment.
 (3) Subject to this Act, a law continued in force by section 16 or 16A may be amended or repealed by a section 19A Ordinance or by a law made under a section 19A Ordinance.
 (4) A section 19A Ordinance may suspend the operation of a law continued in force by section 16 or 16A for such period as is specified in the Ordinance.