What does grey shaded text in a consolidated statute or regulation mean and when is it removed?
If a statute has been enacted by the Legislature but some or all of its provisions are not yet in force, or if a regulation has been filed with the Registrar of Regulations but some or all of its provisions are not yet in force, those provisions are included in the consolidated version of the statute or regulation but are shaded in grey to indicate that they are not yet in force. If an amendment to a provision of a statute has been enacted but the amendment is not yet in force, or if an amendment to a provision of a regulation has been filed but the amendment is not yet in force, e-Laws takes one of the following approaches, depending on the nature of the amendment: (a) the consolidation includes the provision, as it will read when the amendment comes into force, shaded in grey and accompanied by an editorial note indicating when the amendment is to come into force; or (b) the consolidation does not include the provision, as it will read when the amendment comes into force, but does in
