Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts18. If a provision of a law has been renumbered under section 13, a reference in a provision of another law made before the renumbering took effect (whether or not that other provision has commenced), or in any instrument or document, to the first-mentioned provision shall (except as regards the operation of the provision before it was renumbered) be construed as a reference to the provision as so renumbered.