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AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY ACT 1954 - NOTES

Act No. 42 of 1954 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............ Amendment of the Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act 1933 1

4............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 2

5............ Existing laws to cease to be in force ................................................... 2

6............ Laws of Australian Capital Territory to be in force ........................... 2

7............ Powers and functions under applied laws .......................................... 3

8............ Application of Commonwealth Acts ................................................. 4

9............ Ordinance may amend or repeal adopted laws ................................... 4

10.......... A.C.T. courts to have jurisdiction in the Territory ............................ 4

11.......... Ordinances .......................................................................................... 4

12.......... Tabling of Ordinances in Parliament ................................................... 5

12A....... Ordinance not to be re‑made while required to be tabled ................... 6

12B....... Ordinance not to be re‑made while subject to disallowance ............... 7

12C....... Disallowed Ordinance not to be re‑made unless resolution rescinded or House approves      8

12D....... Regulations, rules and by‑laws ........................................................... 8

13.......... Grant of pardon, remission etc ........................................................... 9

Notes                                                                                                                                             11


Notes to the Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954

Note 1

The Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 42, 1954 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
and year

Date
of Assent

Date of commencement

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954

42, 1954

1 Nov 1954

1 Nov 1954

 

Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1957

35, 1957

7 June 1957

5 July 1957

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Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1963

20, 1963

28 May 1963

25 June 1963

S. 3

Statute Law Revision Act 1973

216, 1973

19 Dec 1973

31 Dec 1973

Ss. 9(1) and 10

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982

26, 1982

7 May 1982

Part VII (ss. 57, 58): 4 June 1982 (a)

--

as amended by

 

 

 

 

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982

80, 1982

22 Sept 1982

Part LXXI (ss. 262, 263): 4 June 1982 (b)

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Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983

39, 1983

20 June 1983

S. 3: 18 July 1983 (c)

S. 7(1)

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1986

168, 1986

18 Dec 1986

S. 3: Royal Assent (d)

S. 5(1), and (3)

Statutory Instruments (Tabling and Disallowance) Legislation Amendment Act 1988

99, 1988

2 Dec 1988

2 Dec 1988

--

A.C.T. Self‑Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988

109, 1988

6 Dec 1988

S. 32: 11 May 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S164) (e)

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Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1991

28, 1991

4 Mar 1991

S. 74(1): Royal Assent (f)

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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]

Statute Law Revision Act 2008

73, 2008

3 July 2008

Schedule 4 (items 77-79): 4 July 2008

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(a)     The Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954 was amended by Part VII (sections 57 and 58) 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 Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954 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 Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954 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.

(e)     The Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954 was amended by section 32 only of the A.C.T. Self‑Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

                 (3)   The remaining provisions of this Act (including the amendments made by Schedule 5) commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(f)      The Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954 was amended by subsection 74(1) only of the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1991, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.


Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

S. 4.......................................

am. No. 109, 1988; No. 28, 1991

S. 6.......................................

am. No. 28, 1991; No. 143, 2001

S. 7.......................................

rs. No. 28, 1991

S. 10.....................................

am. No. 35, 1957; No. 109, 1988

 

rs. No. 28, 1991

S. 12.....................................

am. No. 20, 1963; No. 26, 1982 (as am. by No. 80, 1982); No. 39, 1983; No. 168, 1986; No. 99, 1988

Ss. 12A‑12D........................

ad. No. 99, 1988

S. 13.....................................

ad. No. 35, 1957

 

am. No. 216, 1973; No. 73, 2008


Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 143, 2001)

4  Application of Amendments

             (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.


 



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