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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/30</dc:identifier><dc:title>Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision with respect to the operation, interpretation and citation of Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and of instruments made thereunder.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2025-05-17</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2025-04-01</dct:valid>
					
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RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01"><Title>Reprints.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/30" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33/section/30" id="section-30"><Pnumber>30</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/30/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33/section/30/1" id="section-30-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where an enactment directs that <Addition ChangeId="d29p1457" CommentaryRef="c16948601">an Act is to be reprinted, that Act</Addition> shall be reprinted with—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/30/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33/section/30/1/a" id="section-30-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the addition of any words added thereto;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/30/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33/section/30/1/b" id="section-30-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the substitution of any words substituted therein;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/30/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33/section/30/1/c" id="section-30-1-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the omission of any words repealed therein;</Text></P3para></P3><Text>by <Addition ChangeId="d29p1481" CommentaryRef="c16948601">any statutory provision</Addition> (including the enactment directing the reprint) for the time being in force.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/30/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33/section/30/2" id="section-30-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p1490" CommentaryRef="c16948601">For the purpose of reprinting any Act, the Presiding Officer shall cause to be prepared and shall certify a copy of that Act</Addition>, with the additions, substitutions and omissions referred to in the preceding sub-section, and with the sections, sub-sections and paragraphs numbered in accordance with the <Addition ChangeId="d29p1494" CommentaryRef="c16948601">statutory provision</Addition> which makes the addition or substitution, as the case may be, and with any renumbering, and any alteration of references, cross-headings and marginal notes and with such other modifications necessarily consequential on the amendments so made and<CommentaryRef Ref="c16948601"/>...  such footnotes and additional references as <Addition ChangeId="d29p1500" CommentaryRef="c16948601">may be</Addition> necessary or desirable to assist in explaining the reprint.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/30/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33/section/30/3" id="section-30-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Queen's Printer shall print in accordance with the copy as certified all copies of the <Addition ChangeId="d29p1510" CommentaryRef="c16948601">Act</Addition> to be reprinted which are printed after the passing of the enactment directing the reprint.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/30/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33/section/30/4" id="section-30-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p1519" CommentaryRef="c16948601">The Presiding Officer may by order direct that any Act</Addition> shall be reprinted in accordance with the foregoing sub-sections and where such order is made these sub-sections shall apply as if an enactment had directed <Addition ChangeId="d29p1523" CommentaryRef="c16948601">that Act</Addition> to be reprinted.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/30/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33/section/30/5" id="section-30-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where <Addition ChangeId="d29p1533" CommentaryRef="c16948601">an Act</Addition> is reprinted pursuant to an order made under sub-section (4), the fact that it is so reprinted shall be stated on the reprint.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c16948601" Type="F"><Para><Text>SI 1999/663</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>