Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 60 of 1933 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 8 July 2008
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 73 of 2008
The text of any of those
amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that
have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of
Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department,
Canberra
Contents
1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1
2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1
3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 2
4............ Proclamation by Governor‑General fixing date on which Order in Council shall come into operation [see Note 2] ............................................................................................................ 2
5............ Acceptance of Ashmore Islands and Cartier Island ............................ 2
6............ Application of Northern Territory laws ............................................ 2
6A......... Criminal Code does not apply ........................................................... 2
7............ Ordinance may amend or repeal adopted laws ................................... 3
8............ Application of Commonwealth Acts ................................................. 3
9............ Ordinances .......................................................................................... 3
10.......... Tabling of Ordinances ......................................................................... 3
10A....... Ordinance not to be re‑made while required to be tabled ................... 5
10B....... Ordinance not to be re‑made while subject to disallowance ............... 5
10C....... Disallowed Ordinance not to be re‑made unless resolution rescinded or House approves 6
10D....... Regulations, rules and by‑laws ........................................................... 7
11.......... Powers and functions under adopted laws ......................................... 7
11A....... Arrangements with Northern Territory .............................................. 8
12.......... Courts of Northern Territory to have jurisdiction in Territory ......... 8
13.......... Grant of pardon, remission etc. .......................................................... 8
Notes 11
WHEREAS the islands named the Ashmore Islands and known as Middle, East and West Islands, and also the island named Cartier Island, being islands situated in the Indian Ocean off the North‑West Coast of Australia, are islands over which His Majesty the King has sovereign rights:
AND WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the twenty‑third day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty‑one made by His Majesty by virtue and in exercise of the power in that behalf in His Majesty vested, it was ordered that the said Ashmore Islands and Cartier Island should be placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia and that the order should come into operation on such date, after legislation had been passed by the Parliament providing for the acceptance of the said islands and the government thereof, as might be fixed by Proclamation by the Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia:
AND WHEREAS the Parliament of the Commonwealth is willing that the Ashmore Islands and Cartier Island should be placed under the authority of, and be accepted as a Territory by, the Commonwealth:
AND WHEREAS by the Constitution it is provided that the Parliament may make laws for the government of any Territory placed by the King under the Authority of and accepted by the Commonwealth:
BE it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Notes to
the
Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance
Act 1933 Note 1 The
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Acceptance Act 1933 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 60,
1933
amended as indicated in the Tables below. All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or
transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this
compilation. For subsequent information see
Table A. Table of Acts
|
Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
|
60, 1933 |
15 Dec 1933 |
3 May 1934 (see Gazette 1934, |
|
|
|
Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance Act 1938 |
11, 1938 |
1 July 1938 |
29 July 1938 |
-- |
|
Statute Law Revision Act 1973 |
216, 1973 |
19 Dec 1973 |
31 Dec 1973 |
-- |
|
59, 1978 |
22 June 1978 |
1 July 1978 |
-- |
|
|
26, 1982 |
7 May 1982 |
Part V (ss. 52, 53): 4 June 1982 (a) |
-- |
|
|
as amended by |
|
|
|
|
|
80, 1982 |
22 Sept 1982 |
Part LXXI (ss. 262, 263): (b) |
-- |
|
|
39, 1983 |
20 June 1983 |
S. 3: 18 July 1983 (c) |
-- |
|
|
202, 1985 |
16 Dec 1985 |
1 Oct 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S306) |
-- |
|
|
168, 1986 |
18 Dec 1986 |
S. 3: Royal Assent (d) |
S. 5(3) |
|
|
Statutory Instruments (Tabling and Disallowance) Legislation Amendment Act 1988 |
99, 1988 |
2 Dec 1988 |
2 Dec 1988 |
-- |
|
Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 |
143, 2001 |
1 Oct 2001 |
2 Oct 2001 |
S. 4 [see Table A] |
|
73, 2008 |
3 July 2008 |
Schedule 4 (items 50-52): 4 July 2008 |
-- |
(a) The Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance Act 1933 was amended by Part V (sections 52 and 53) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982, subsection 2(12) of which provides as follows:
(12) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(b) The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982 was amended by Part LXXI (sections 262 and 263) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982, subsection 2(11) of which provides as follows:
(11) Parts XLIX and LXXI shall be deemed to have come into operation on 4 June 1982.
(c) The Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance Act 1933 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(d) The Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance Act 1933 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1986, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Table of Amendments
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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S. 3...................................... |
am. No. 59, 1978; No. 202, 1985 |
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S. 6...................................... |
rs. No. 11, 1938 |
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am. No. 216, 1973 |
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rs. No. 59, 1978; No. 202, 1985 |
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S. 6A................................... |
ad. No. 143, 2001 |
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S. 7...................................... |
rep. No. 11, 1938 |
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ad. No. 59, 1978 |
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am. No. 202, 1985 |
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S. 8...................................... |
rep. No. 11, 1938 |
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ad. No. 59, 1978 |
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rs. No. 202, 1985 |
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S. 9...................................... |
ad. No. 59, 1978 |
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S. 10.................................... |
ad. No. 59, 1978 |
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am. No. 26, 1982 (as am. by No. 80, 1982); No. 39, 1983; No.168, 1986; No. 99, 1988 |
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Ss. 10A-10D....................... |
ad. No. 99, 1988 |
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S. 11.................................... |
ad. No. 59, 1978 |
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am. No. 202, 1985 |
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S. 11A................................. |
ad. No. 202, 1985 |
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S. 12.................................... |
ad. No. 59, 1978 |
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S. 13.................................... |
ad. No. 59, 1978 |
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|
am. No. 202, 1985; No. 73, 2008 |
Note 2
Section 4--The date fixed was 10 May 1934 (see Gazette 1934, p. 761).
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 143, 2001)
(1) Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.
(2) For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.