(e) That's wrong. 

You were asked to select the most accurate statement.

It is most acurate to describe the legislation in question as an amending Act because it is changing the provisions of an existing Act.

It is incorrect to describe the legislation in question as a codifying Act (which gathers and clarifies previously existing laws, including case-law, in statutory form), a repealing Act (which puts an end to previously existing law), an original Act (which creates new law) or a consolidating Act (which combines previously separate Acts in one new Act).

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