Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03231:schedule:4:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03231
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 4 (pt 6/9)
Character Range: 212958–215700

taken or the practice had been engaged in by the body as newly constituted.

Compliance with forms
"20b. Where a relevant Act prescribes a form, then, unless the contrary intention appears, strict compliance with the form is not required and substantial compliance is sufficient.

Contents of statements of reasons for decisions
"20c. Where a relevant Act requires a tribunal, body or person making a decision to give written reasons for the decision, whether the expression 'reasons', 'grounds' or any other expression is used, the instrument giving the reasons shall also set out the findings on material questions of fact and refer to the evidence or other material on which those findings were based.

Attainment of particular age
"20d. (1) For the purposes of a relevant Act, unless the contrary intention appears, the time at which a person attains a particular age expressed in years is the commencement of the relevant anniversary of the date of the birth of that person.

"(2) Sub-section (1) applies only where the relevant anniversary falls on or after 1 January 1986.".

Conferral of power to make, grant or issue an instrument
144. Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting "Where" and substituting "(1) Where"; and
     (b) by adding at the end the following sub-sections:
    "(2) Where a relevant Act confers on a person or authority the power to make, grant or issue any instrument (including rules, regulations or by-laws) with respect to particular matters, the power shall be construed as including a power to make, grant or issue such an instrument with respect to some only of those matters or with respect to a particular class or particular classes of those matters and to make different provision with respect to different matters or different classes of matters.
    "(3) Where a relevant Act confers on a person or authority the power to make, grant or issue any instrument (including rules, regulations or by-laws), the power shall not be taken, by implication, not to include the power to make provision for or in relation to a particular aspect of a matter by reason only that provision is made by the relevant Act in relation to another aspect of that matter or in relation to another matter.
    "(4) Where a relevant Act confers on a person or authority the power to make, grant or issue an instrument (including rules, regulations or by-laws) prescribing penalties not exceeding a specified amount or imprisonment for a specified period, that limitation on the penalties that may be prescribed does not prevent the instrument from requiring the making of a statutory declaration.".

Power to appoint
145. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting sub-section (1)