Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where in any
provision of a law of the State an amount of money in terms of the old
currency is expressed in tabular, columnar or other similar form under or in
relation to all or any of the words, “pounds, shillings and pence”
or to all or any of the symbols “£ s d”, or any word or
symbols of like import, the word “dollars” or a symbol denoting
that denomination of money in the new currency shall be substituted for that
word or words or symbol or symbols in the appropriate position, and that
provision shall, if necessary, be amended to the necessary extent accordingly.
(2) Where after the
appointed day a reference to an amount of money in terms of the new currency
is expressed in figures in a law of the State, that reference shall denote the
amount of money by a symbol denoting the dollar followed by such figures
expressing that amount of money as are appropriate to the particular case, and
any such reference may be so denoted in accordance with the recommendations as
to notation in the new currency set out in the Third Schedule.