Contents

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

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

2............ Unauthorised use of name .................................................................. 2

3............ Registration of uniforms ..................................................................... 2

4............ Unauthorised user of uniform ............................................................. 2

5............ No prosecution without consent of Minister ..................................... 3

6............ Act not to apply to Lifesaving Scouts of Salvation Army ................. 3

Notes                                                                                                                                               5

 

 

Notes to the Scout Association Act 1924

Note 1

The Scout Association Act 1924 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 31, 1924 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
Boy Scouts' Association Act 1924	31, 1924	26 Sept 1924	26 Sept 1924
Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966	93, 1966	29 Oct 1966	1 Dec 1966	--
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976	91, 1976	20 Sept 1976	20 Sept 1976 (a)	S. 4
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1984	72, 1984	25 June 1984	Schedule: 23 July 1984 (b)	S. 5(1)
Industry, Science and Resources Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	140, 2001	1 Oct 2001	2 Oct 2001	S. 4 [see Table A]
Designs (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003	148, 2003	17 Dec 2003	Schedules 1 and 2: (c) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (item 465): 4 July 2008	--

(a)     By virtue of subsection 2(7) of the Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976 the amendments made by that Act to the Scout Association Act 1924 are deemed to have come into operation of 22 December 1975.

(b)    The Scout Association Act 1924 was amended by the Schedule only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1984, 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.

(c)     Subsection 2(1) (item 2) of the Designs (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
2.  Schedules 1 and 2	Immediately after the commencement of section 4 of the Designs Act 2003.	17 June 2004

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Industry, Science and Resources Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 140, 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.