Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03231:schedule:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03231
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 4 (pt 2/9)
Character Range: 202927–205770

or that House of the Parliament before the time when the provision was enacted;
     (e) any treaty or other international agreement that is referred to in the relevant Act;
     (f) any explanatory memorandum relating to the Bill containing the provision, or any other relevant document, that was laid before, or furnished to the members of, either House of the Parliament by a Minister before the time when the provision was enacted;
     (g) the speech made to a House of the Parliament by a Minister on the occasion of the moving by that Minister of a motion that the Bill containing the provision be read a second time in that House;
     (h) any document (whether or not a document to which a preceding paragraph applies) that is declared by the relevant Act to be a relevant document for the purposes of this section; and
     (j) any relevant material in the Journals of the Senate, in the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives or in any official record of debates in the Parliament or either House of the Parliament.
"(3) In determining whether consideration should be given to any material in accordance with sub-section (1), or in considering the weight to be given to any such material, regard shall be had, in addition to any other relevant matters, to—
     (a) the desirability of persons being able to rely on the ordinary meaning conveyed by the text of the provision taking into account its context in

    the relevant Act and the purpose or object underlying the relevant Act; and
     (b) the need to avoid prolonging legal or other proceedings without compensating advantage.".

Definitions
137. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting before the definition of "calendar year" the following definition:
         "'calendar month' means a period commencing at the beginning of a day of one of the 12 months of the year and ending immediately before the beginning of the corresponding day of the next month or, if there is no corresponding day in the next month, ending at the expiration of the last-mentioned month;";
     (b) by inserting after the definition of "committed for trial" the following definition:
         "'Companies and Securities Law Review Committee' means the Companies and Securities Law Review Committee established by the Agreement;";
     (c) by inserting after the definition of "Constitution" the following definition:
         "'contravene' includes fail to comply with;";
     (d) by inserting after the definition of "Crown" the following definition:
         "'daily newspaper' means a newspaper that is ordinarily published on each day other than—
             (a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or
             (b) a public holiday or bank holiday in the place where the newspaper is published,
         whether or not the newspaper is ordinarily published