ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1976 No. 91 of 1976 - SCHEDULE
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1976 No. 91 of 1976 - SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE Section 3 AMENDMENT OF ACTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Acts Provisions Amendments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 Schedule-clauses 10 (1) (a) and (2), 11 (1) and (2) and 26 (1) and (2) Omit ''Police and Customs'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Schedule-clauses 10 (1) (b) and (2) (b) Omit ''Agriculture'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''Primary Industry''. Aged or Disabled Persons Homes Act 1954 Section 10H (1) Omit ''Department of Social Services'', substitute ''Department of Social Security''. Aged Persons Hostels Act 1972 Section 6 (3) Omit ''Social Services'', substitute ''Social Security''. Aliens Act 1947 . . . Section 4 (1) (definition of ''officer'') Omit ''Immigration'', substitute ''Immigration and Ethnic Affairs''. Aluminium Industry Act 1960 Section 8 Omit ''National Development'', substitute ''National Resources''. Atomic Energy Act 1953 Section 19 (2) (a) Omit '', the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea, or any of those Territories,''. (b) Omit ''of State for Territories'', substitute ''administering the Norfolk Island Act 1957''. Australian Citizenship Act 1948 Section 5 (1) (definitions of ''Australian consulate'' and ''the Secretary'') Omit ''Immigration'', substitute ''Immigration and Ethnic Affairs''. Australian Housing Corporation Act 1975 Sections 3 (5), 12 (1) (a), 14 (4) and 37 (2) Omit ''Housing and Construction'', substitute ''Environment, Housing and Community Development''. Australian Industry Development Corporation Act 1970 Section 8A (6) (e) Sections 11 (1), (2), (3) and (4) (a) and (4) (b), 16, 19 (5) and 21A Omit ''Minerals and Energy'', substitute ''National Resources''. (a) Omit ''Minerals and Energy'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''National Resources''. (b) Omit ''Manufacturing Industry'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''Industry and Commerce''. Australian National Airlines Act 1945 Section 21 (3) Omit ''Services and Property'', substitute ''Administrative Services''. Bankruptcy Act 1966 . Section 10 (1) and (3) Before ''Attorney-General'', insert ''Minister or the''. Sections 12 (1) (a), 17 (1) and (3), 18 (2) , 254 (4), 295 (3) , 305 (1) and (2) and 314 Omit ''Attorney-General'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''Minister''. Section 313 (2) Omit ''Attorney-General's'', substitute ''Minister's''. Boy Scouts' Association Act 1924 Sections 3 and 5 Omit ''Attorney-General'', substitute ''Minister''. Canned Fruits Export Marketing Act 1963 Section 16 (b) Omit ''Customs and Excise'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Child Care Act 1972 Section 21 (1) Omit ''Secretary to the Department of Education'', substitute ''Permanent Head of the Department of Social Security''. Section 21 (2) and (4) Omit ''Secretary'', substitute ''Permanent Head''. Cities Commission (Repeal) Act 1975 Sections 4 (definition of ''authorized officer'') and 7 Omit ''Urban and Regional Development'', substitute ''Environment, Housing and Community Development''. Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959 Section 9 (4) Omit ''External Affairs'', substitute ''Foreign Affairs''. Commonwealth Police Act 1957 Sections 4 (1) (a), 5 (2) , (3) (b), (3) (c) and (4), 8 (1), 9 (2) , 10 (1) and (2), 11, 12 (1) and 12 (3) Omit ''Attorney-General'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''Minister''. Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 Sections 54 (1) and 125 (2A), (6) and (8) Omit ''Labour'', substitute ''Employment and Industrial Relations''. Consular Fees Act 1955 Section 3 (b) Omit ''External Affairs'', substitute ''Foreign Affairs''. Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972 Sections 6 (1) (a), (1) (b) (i) and (ii) and (2) (c), and 7 (2) (c), (3) and (4) (a) and (b) Omit ''Customs and Excise'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Act 1968 Section 5 (1) (a) Omit the definitions of ''Australia'' and ''Australian continental shelf'', substitute- '' 'Australia' includes the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands; 'Australian continental shelf' means the continental shelf adjacent to the coast of Australia (including the continental shelf adjacent to the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands);''. (b) In the definition of ''officer''- (i) Omit from paragraph (a) ''to the Department of Primary Industry, or by the Secretary to the Department of External Territories,''; and (ii) Omit from paragraph (b) ''to the Department of Primary Industry''. Section 5 (4) Omit the sub-section, substitute- ''(4) In this Act- (a) a reference to the Minister is a reference to the Minister of State for Primary Industry; (b) a reference to the Secretary is a reference to the Secretary to the Department of Primary Industry; and (c) a reference to the Department is a reference to the Department of Primary Industry.''. Section 6 Repeal the section. Section 6A (1) (a) Omit ''to the Department of Primary Industry''. (b) Omit ''of State for Primary Industry'' (wherever occurring). Section 6A (2) Omit the sub-section. Section 10 (1) (a) Omit ''a Minister of State, or the Secretary to a Department, on whom powers or functions are conferred by this Act'', substitute ''the Minister or the Secretary''. (b) Omit ''those'', substitute ''his''. Section 10 (1A) Omit the sub-section. Section 10 (2) Omit the sub-section. Sections 11, 12, 13, 13A, 18 (6), 20 (1B), 21, 22 and 23 Omit ''appropriate'' (wherever occurring). Sections 13 (10) and 20 (1) Omit ''of State for Primary Industry''. Section 20 (1A) Omit ''of State for External Territories''. Copyright Act 1968 . . Section 135 (6) Omit ''Customs and Excise'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Customs Act 1901 . . . Section 4 (1) (definition of ''The Customs'') Omit ''Customs and Excise'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Delivered Meals Subsidy Act 1970 Section 11 (1) Omit ''Department of Social Services'', substitute ''Department of Social Security''. Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967 Sections 8 (2) and (3) (a) and (b) and 9 (2) and (3) (a) and (b) Omit ''Customs and Excise'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Excise Act 1901 . . . Section 4 (1) (definition of ''The Customs'') Omit ''Customs and Excise'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Export Incentive Grants Act 1971 Section 4 (1) (definition of ''the Secretary'') Omit ''Trade and Industry'', substitute ''Overseas Trade''. Section 8 (7) and (8) Omit ''to the Department of Overseas Trade''. Fisheries Act 1952 . . Section 4 (a) In the definition of ''Australian boat'', omit ''(other than Papua New Guinea)'' (wherever occurring). (b) After the definition of ''carrying'', insert- '' 'Department' means the Department of Primary Industry;''. (c) In the definition of ''officer''- (i) omit from paragraph (a) ''of Agriculture or by the Secretary to the Department of the Special Minister of State''; and (ii) omit from paragraph (b) ''of Agriculture''. (d) In the definition of ''the Minister'', omit all the words after ''State'' (first-occurring), substitute ''for Primary Industry''. (e) In the definition of ''the Secretary'', omit ''of Agriculture''. Section 6A (3) Omit the sub-section. Section 6A (4) Omit ''of State for Agriculture'' and ''of Agriculture'' (wherever occurring). Section 6A (5) Omit ''of Agriculture''. Sections 9 (9) and 17 (2) Omit ''of State for Agriculture''. Section 10 (e) and (f) Omit ''other than Papua New Guinea''. Health Insurance Act 1973 Section 131 (1) Omit ''Social Security'', substitute ''Health''. Health Insurance Commission Act 1973 Section 3 (a) Omit the definition of ''Director-General''. (b) After the definition of ''part-time Commissioner'', insert- '' 'Permanent Head' means the Permanent Head of the Department of Health;''. Sections 10 (1) (d) and 13 (4) Omit ''Director-General'', substitute ''Permanent Head''. Homes Savings Grant Act 1964 Sections 4 (1) (definition of ''the Secretary''), 7 and 8 Omit ''Housing and Construction'' (wherever occurring) substitute ''Environment, Housing and Community Development''. Section 31 (1) Omit the sub-section, substitute- ''(1) All courts shall take judicial notice of the signature of any person who holds or has held the office of Secretary to the Department of Housing, Secretary to the Department of Housing and Construction, Secretary to the Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development or Regional Director, and of the fact that that person holds or has held that office, if the signature purports to be attached or appended to any official document, and any such document purporting to be so signed is prima facie evidence in all courts of the facts and statements contained in the document.''. Industrial Research and Development Grants Act 1967 Section 23 (3) Omit ''Trade and Industry'', substitute ''Industry and Commerce''. Industries Assistance Commission Act 1973 Sections 23 (5) (a) and (b) and 24 (3) (a) Omit ''Customs and Excise'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Migration Act 1958 . . Sections 5 (1) (definition of ''officer'') and 47 (1) and (2) Omit ''Immigration'', substitute ''Immigration and Ethnic Affairs''. National Capital Development Commission Act 1957 Section 13 (1) (a) Omit ''of State for the Interior''. (b) Omit ''Works'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''Construction''. (c) Omit ''of the Interior'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''of the Capital Territory''. National Health Act 1953 Section 4 (1) (a) After the definition of ''Committee of Inquiry'', insert- '' 'Department' means the Department of Health;''. (b) After the definition of ''dependant'', insert- '' 'Director' means- (a) in relation to a State or the Northern Territory-the officer for the time being holding the office, or performing the duties, of Director of Health for that State or Territory under the Public Service Act 1922; and (b) in relation to the Australian Capital Territory-the Permanent Head;''. (c) After the definition of ''pensioner'', insert- '' 'Permanent Head' means the Permanent Head of the Department of Health;''. (d) In the definitions of ''restricted membership organization'' and ''the common form of pensioner medical service agreement'', omit ''of the Department of Social Security''. Section 5 Omit ''Director-General of Health'', substitute ''Permanent Head''. Section 6 (1) Omit ''administering any part of this Act''. Section 6 (2) and (3) Omit ''Director-General of Health'', substitute ''Permanent Head''. Section 6 (3) (a) Omit the paragraph, substitute- ''(a) a Director; or''. Section 6 (3) (b) Omit ''of Health''. Section 6 (4) Omit the sub-section. Section 8 Repeal the section. Section 11A Repeal the section. Section 31 Repeal the section. Sections 38 (1) and 66 (1) Omit the definition of ''Permanent Head''. Sections 70 (1) (b) and 75 (1) Omit ''of Social Security''. Section 84 (1) Omit the definitions of ''Director'' and ''Director-General''. Sections 90 (1), (3), (4) and (5), 92 (1), 92A (1) (e), 94 (1), (2) , (3) and (4), 95 (4) , (5) and (6), 98 (1) , (2), (3) and (4) , 101 (1) (a), 102, 103 (5) (a), 104 (1) , 104A (1), 107 (1) , 108 (1) and (2), 109, 111, 112B, 113 (1) and (2), 114, 116, 125 (2), 133 (1) , (2), (4) and (5) , 134 (3), 134A (1) and (3), 138, 139 (1) and 139A (1) Omit ''Director-General'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''Permanent Head''. Sections 101 (1) (a), 113 (2) and 115 (1) and (2) Omit ''Commonwealth Department of Health'', substitute ''Department''. Sections 105A and 132A Repeal the sections. National Health Amendment Act 1976 Section 3 Omit paragraph (b), substitute the following paragraphs:- ''(b) by inserting in sub-section (1), after the definition of ''Committee of Inquiry'', the following definition:- '' 'contributor', in relation to a medical benefits fund or a hospital benefits fund conducted by a registered organization, means a person who is a contributor to that fund in accordance with the rules of that organization;''; ''(ba) by inserting in sub-section (1), after the definition of ''Department'', the following definition:- '' 'dependant', in relation to a contributor to a medical benefits fund or a hospital benefits fund conducted by a registered organization, means a person who is a dependant of that contributor in accordance with the rules of that organization;''. National Roads Act 1974 Section 6 (6) Omit ''Urban and Regional Development'', substitute ''Environment, Housing and Community Development''. National Service Act 1951 Section 4 (1) (definitions of ''the Department'' and ''the Secretary'') Omit ''Labour'', substitute ''Employment and Industrial Relations''. Navigation Act 1912 . Sections 300 (1) and 424 (2) (a) Omit ''Shipping and Transport'', substitute ''Transport''. Nursing Homes Assistance Act 1974 Sections 3 (1) (definition of ''Permanent Head'') and 35 (1) Omit ''Social Security'', substitute ''Health''. Passports Act 1938 . . Section 5 (1) (definition of ''officer'') Omit ''Immigration'', substitute ''Foreign Affairs''. Patents Act 1952 . . . Sections 10 (1), 59 (1) , 82, 99, 112 (2), 130 (2), 131 (1), 158 (1) (c) and 174 (4) Omit ''Attorney-General'', substitute ''Minister''. Section 125 (7) Omit ''Attorney-General of the Commonwealth or of the State'', substitute ''Minister or by the Attorney-General of the State''. Section 129 (1) (a) Omit ''Attorney-General'' (first occurring), substitute ''Commonwealth''. (b) Omit ''the Attorney-General in trust for''. Patents, Trade Marks, Designs and Copyright Act 1939 Section 9 (1) Omit ''Attorney-General'', substitute ''Minister''. Pay-roll Tax Assessment Act 1941 Sections 11 (7) and (8) and 16A (1) (definition of ''the Secretary'') Omit ''Trade and Industry'', substitute ''Overseas Trade''. Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959 Sections 3 (definition of ''the Secretary'') and 10A (1) Omit ''Minerals and Energy'', substitute ''National Resources''. Pig Meat Promotion Act 1975 Sections 9 (1) (b) and 10 Omit ''Agriculture'', substitute ''Primary Industry''. Pig Slaughter Levy Collection Act 1971 Section 3 (definition of ''the Secretary'') Omit ''Agriculture'', substitute ''Primary Industry''. Pipeline Authority Act 1973 Sections 3 (1) (definition of ''Secretary'') and 6 (1) (b) Omit ''Minerals and Energy'', substitute ''National Resources''. Postal and Telecommunications Commissions (Transitional Provisions) Act 1975 Section 29 (1) (a) and (b) After ''Department'', insert ''or the Postal and Telecommunications Department''. Prices Justification Act 1973 Section 31 (4) Omit ''Attorney-General'', substitute ''Minister''. Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Sections 2 (3), 28 (2) , 32, 34 (2) (a), 35, 36, 41 (1) and 46 Omit ''Attorney-General'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''Minister''. Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923 Sections 8A (14) (b) and 10A (5) (b) Omit ''External Territories'', substitute ''Administrative Services''. Repatriation Act 1920 Sections 8A and 8B Omit ''and Compensation'' (wherever occurring). Roads Grants Act 1974 Section 4 Omit ''A Minister'' and ''a Minister'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''The Minister'' and ''the Minister'' respectively. Sales Tax Assessment Act (No. 5) 1930 Sections 6A (3) (b) and 6B (5) (b) Omit ''Customs and Excise'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Science and Industry Research Act 1949 Section 32 Repeal the section. Seamen's Compensation Act 1911 Section 13 (1) Omit ''Customs and Excise'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940 Section 14 (3) Omit ''and Compensation''. Ship Construction Bounty Act 1975 Section 25 (1) Omit ''Transport'', substitute ''Industry and Commerce''. Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1967 Sections 6K (1) (f) and 6M Omit ''Labour'' (wherever occurring), substitute ''Employment and Industrial Relations''. Supply and Development Act 1939 Section 4 (definition of ''the Department'') Omit ''Manufacturing Industry'', substitute ''Industry and Commerce''. Temple Society Trust Fund 1949 Section 5 (1) (a) Omit ''Immigration'', substitute ''Immigration and Ethnic Affairs''. Trade Marks Act 1955 . Section 10 (1) Omit ''Attorney-General'', substitute ''Minister''. Section 103 (2) Omit ''Trade and Customs'', substitute ''Business and Consumer Affairs''. Tradesmen's Rights Regulation Act 1946 Section 6 (definition of ''the Department'') Omit ''Labour'', substitute ''Employment and Industrial Relations''. Trade Union Training Authority Act 1975 Section 3 (definitions of ''Department'' and ''Secretary'') Omit ''Labour and Immigration'', substitute ''Employment and Industrial Relations''. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --