Legislative Instruments Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 179
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
Dated 2 August 2012
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
NICOLA ROXON
Attorney-General
1              Name of regulation
                This regulation is the Legislative Instruments Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).
2              Commencement
                This regulation commences on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Counsel and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012.
3              Amendment of Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004
                Schedule 1 amends the Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004.
Schedule 1        Amendments
(section 3)
 
[1]           Subregulations 4 (2) and (3)
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         (2)   An electronic document is lodged if:
                (a)    it is in any of the following word processing or data formats:
                          (i)    Microsoft Word 97 or later version;
                         (ii)    rich text format;
                        (iii)    another format agreed, in writing, by the First Parliamentary Counsel; and
               (b)    it is given to the First Parliamentary Counsel:
                          (i)    through the electronic lodgement facility at https://lodgment.frli.gov.au; or
                         (ii)    in another way agreed, in writing, by the First Parliamentary Counsel.
         (3)   A non‑electronic document is lodged if it is:
                (a)    delivered to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel at 63 Denison Street, Deakin ACT 2600; or
               (b)    posted to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel at Locked Bag 30, Kingston ACT 2604; or
                (c)    delivered, posted or otherwise given to the First Parliamentary Counsel in a way agreed, in writing, by the First Parliamentary Counsel.   
[2]           Regulation 5
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Secretary
insert
First Parliamentary Counsel
Note
1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.comlaw.gov.au.