Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER ADOPTION ACT 1942 - NOTES

This compilation was prepared on 19 March 2004
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 142 of 1985
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,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Note 1

The Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 56, 1942 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
The Australian Parliament has on three occasions passed Acts requesting and consenting to the enactment by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Acts extending to Australia. The Acts of the Parliaments of Australia and of the United Kingdom, respectively, are as follows:

Table of Acts

(a) Subsection 17(2) of the Australia Act 1986 provides as follows:

(2) This Act shall come into operation on a day and at a time to be fixed by Proclamation.

This Act came into operation on 3 March 1986 at 5.00 am Greenwich Mean Time (see Gazette 1986, No. S85).

Table of Amendments