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NORFOLK ISLAND ACT 1979 - SECT 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  (1)   Subject to this Act, a law continued in force by section   16   may be amended or repealed by an enactment or by a law made under an enactment.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Governor of the State of New South Wales before the commencement of the Norfolk Island Act 1913 , may not be amended or repealed by a law made under an enactment unless the contrary intention appears in that enactment.

  (3)   Subject to this Act, a law continued in force by section   16 or 16A may be amended or repealed by a section   19A Ordinance or by a law made under a section   19A Ordinance.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.


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