Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

3A......... Application of the Criminal Code ....................................................... 1

4............ Collection of statistics ......................................................................... 1

5............ Furnishing of information ................................................................... 2

6............ Delegation ........................................................................................... 3

7............ Officers to observe secrecy ................................................................. 4

8............ Arrangements with States ................................................................... 4

9............ Australian Statistician .......................................................................... 5

10.......... Regulations ......................................................................................... 5

Notes                                                                                                                                                7

Notes to the Port Statistics Act 1977

Note 1

The Port Statistics Act 1977 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 125, 1977 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
Port Statistics Act 1977	125, 1977	10 Nov 1977	5 Dec 1977 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1977, No. S273)
Census and Statistics Amendment Act (No. 2) 1981	177, 1981	8 Dec 1981	1 Mar 1983 (see Gazette 1983, No. S36)		--
as amended by
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act) (No. 1) 1982	26, 1982	7 May 1982	Part XI (ss. 73-75): 1 Mar 1983 (a)		--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982	80, 1982	22 Sept 1982	Part LXXVII (s. 280): Royal Assent (b)		S. 280(2) and (3)
Public Service Reform Act 1984	63, 1984	25 June 1984	S. 151(1): 1 July 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S245, p 2) (c)		S. 151(9)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: 3 July 1985 (d)		--
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 413-418): 4 July 2008	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 7 (item 110): 19 Apr 2011	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (item 911) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]

(a)     The Census and Statistics Amendment Act (No. 2) 1981 was amended by Part XI (sections 73-75) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

                 (3)   Part XI shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the date of commencement of the Census and Statistics Amendment Act (No. 2) 1981.

(b)     The Port Statistics Act 1977 was amended by Part LXXVII (section 280) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Sections 1, 2, 166 and 195 and Parts III, VI, VII, XVI, XXXVI, XLIV, LI, LIII, LIV, LXI and LXXVII shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(c)     The Port Statistics Act 1977 was amended by subsection 151 (1) only of the Public Service Reform Act 1984, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

                 (4)   The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day as is, or on such respective days as are, fixed by Proclamation.

(d)     The Port Statistics Act 1977 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, 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.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 3......................................	am. No. 80, 1982; No. 63, 1984; No. 65, 1985; Nos. 5 and 46, 2011
S. 3A...................................	ad. No. 143, 2001
S. 4......................................	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 5......................................	am. No. 143, 2001
Ss. 6, 7................................	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 9......................................	am. No. 177, 1981 (as am. by No. 26, 1982); 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.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.