Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DECIMAL CURRENCY ACT 1965 - SECT 3

3 .         Interpretation

                In this Act unless the contrary intention appears — 

        appointed day means 14 February 1966;

        Commonwealth Currency Act means the Currency Act 1965 of the Commonwealth, as amended from time to time, or any Act enacted in substitution for that Act;

        law of the State means — 

            (a)         an Act;

            (b)         any regulation, rule, local law or by-law made under or having effect by virtue of an Act; and

            (c)         any statutory instrument;

        new currency means the currency of Australia provided for by the Commonwealth Currency Act;

        old currency means the currency provided for by the Coinage Act 1909 of the Commonwealth repealed by the Commonwealth Currency Act;

        statutory instrument includes any proclamation, order in council, determination, award, fixation, order, or other instrument made under the authority, or having effect by virtue, of an Act or of any regulation, rule, local law or by-law made under an Act; but does not include — 

            (a)         a judgment or order given or made by a court, judge, magistrate or justice in any civil or criminal proceedings; or

            (b)         any instrument that the Governor by Order in Council declares, either specifically or by reference to the class to which the instrument belongs, is not a statutory instrument.

        [Section 3 amended by No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]