Administration Amendment Ordinance 2004 (No. 1) (CKI) (Cth)

TERRITORY OF COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

Administration Amendment Ordinance 2004 (No. 1)¹

No. 2 of 2004²

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955.

Dated 10 June 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

IAN CAMPBELL

Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads

An Ordinance to amend the Administration Ordinance 1975

1. Name of Ordinance

This Ordinance is the Administration Amendment Ordinance 2004 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This Ordinance commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

1. Amendment of Administration Ordinance 1975

Schedule 1 amends the Administration Ordinance 1975.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(section 3)

[1]           Subsection 6 (1)

omit

or when the Administrator is absent from the Territory or is unable, by reason of illness or incapacity,

insert

or during any period, or during all periods, when the Administrator is absent from duty or is unable, for any reason,

[2]           Subsection 7 (2)

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has such powers and functions of the Administrator as are assigned to him by the Minister

insert

has all the powers and functions of the Administrator, including any of the powers and functions delegated to the Administrator under section 17 of the Interpretation Ordinance 1955,

[3]           Paragraph 7 (2) (a)

omit

or the Administrator is absent from the Territory or unable, by reason of illness or incapacity,

insert

or during any period, or during all periods, when the Administrator is absent from duty or is unable, for any reason,

[4]           Subparagraph 7 (2) (b) (ii)

omit

the Territory or unable, by reason of illness or incapacity,

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duty or is unable, for any reason,

[5]           Section 8

omit

[6]           Section 9A

omit

Notes

1.       This Ordinance amends Ordinance No. 1, 1975, as amended by No. 4, 1987.

2.       Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 June 2004.