why an Act of Parliament would include an amendment to itself
Probably no real reason other than sloppy drafting. No doubt the 2017 changes came after the original draft, but as you say it would have been just as easy to amend the text of s204 in the final version.
Perhaps it was easier to keep track of due to timing issues if it was unclear, at some stage, which Act would be passed first?
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