Nimbys wrote:Therefore the new system would move away from numbering to avoid unnecessary confusion, with the exception of Constitutional Amendments (which will remain numbered as there are few of them). The only numbers allotted to other "ordinary" legislation will be referenced in the formats below:
2021 c. 1 - means the act gained assent in 2021, and c.1 means chapter 1 - ie the first act that gained assent in 2021.
2021 r. 1 - means the first resolution gaining assent in 2021
However aside from legal cases and circumstances where many acts or resolutions need to be referred to quickly, I doubt these shorthands will be used often. It is far simpler to refer to the act as "short name Act 2021", and that is commonplace in most parliamentary systems.
Ordinarily I wouldn't have had any worries about this, but as an amendment is required anyway, in my view it makes sense to simplify and sort this all at once.
Resolutions are likely to be in the lawbook, yes, though they are deliberately distinct from acts as they are temporary measures to change, amend or affect something in the immediate sense, where acts are the permanent law as it currently is. It is likely many resolutions will either expire when they have achieved their requirements through self-set terms, or be removed from the lawbook by other acts or resolutions when they are no longer relevant.
It is likely though, that "removed" resolutions will be archived in a separate section of the lawbook for future reference, rather than total deletion.
Hope this clarifies things,
Nimbys Deputy Prime Minister of the Union of Allied States
Don't you think it would be better to have this amendment pass before we start using this new method though?
