Commonwealth Numbered Acts

IMMIGRATION (UNAUTHORIZED ARRIVALS) ACT 1980 No. 112 of 1980 - SECT 31

31. (1) Subject to sub-section (3), this Act, unless sooner repealed, shall
cease to be in force at the expiration of the date that is 12 months after the
date fixed under section 2.

(2) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation made within the period of 12
months immediately preceding the date (including the date previously fixed by
Proclamation under this sub-section) at the expiration of which this Act
would, but for the making of the Proclamation, cease to be in force, fix as
the date at the expiration of which this Act shall cease to be in force a date
that is not more than 12 months after the first-mentioned date.

(3) Where a date has been fixed, or dates have been fixed, under sub-section
(2), this Act, unless sooner repealed, shall cease to be in force at the
expiration of the date, or the last date, as the case may be, so fixed.

(4) A Proclamation shall not be made under sub-section (2) except in
accordance with a resolution passed by each House of the Parliament.

(5) For the purpose of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, when
this Act ceases to be in force by virtue of sub-section (1) or (3), it shall
thereupon be deemed to have been repealed by an Act other than this Act.