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Section 15 15 Method of repeal or amendment of this Act or Statute of Westminster

(1) This Act or the Statute of Westminster 1931, as amended and in force from time to time, in so far as it is part of the law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, may be repealed or amended by an Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth passed at the request or with the concurrence of the Parliaments of all the States and, subject to subsection (3) below, only in that manner.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above, an Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth that is repugnant to this Act or the Statute of Westminster 1931, as amended and in force from time to time, or to any provision of this Act or of that Statute as so amended and in force, shall, to the extent of the repugnancy, be deemed an Act to repeal or amend the Act, Statute or provision to which it is repugnant.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) above limits or prevents the exercise by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of any powers that may be conferred upon that Parliament by any alteration to the Constitution of the Commonwealth made in accordance with section 128 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth after the commencement of this Act.

16 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

appeal includes a petition of appeal, and a complaint in the nature of an appeal.

appeal to Her Majesty in Council includes any appeal to Her Majesty.

Australian court means a court of a State or any other court of Australia or of a Territory other than the High Court.

court includes a judge, judicial officer or other person acting judicially.

decision includes determination, judgment, decree, order or sentence.