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(4) Where—

(a) a written law is referred to by its short title or citation, whether in any other written law or in any document; and

(b) the short title or citation is subsequently changed,

the reference is to be read, unless the contrary intention appears, as a reference to the changed short title or citation.”;

(b) by inserting, immediately after section 9A, the following section:

“Changes to style not to affect meaning

9B. Where—

(a) a provision of an Act has expressed an idea in a particular form of words; and

(b) a revised edition or a later provision of that Act, or a later Act, appears to have expressed the same idea in a different form of words for the purpose of using a clearer style,

the ideas are not to be taken to be different merely because different forms of words were used.”;

(c) by inserting, immediately after the words “the Act or that part confers power” in section 22, the words “(or amends another Act to confer power)”;

(d) by inserting, immediately after the words “for the purposes of the Act or that part” in section 22, the words “(or the Act being amended)”; and