Air Accidents
(Commonwealth Liability)
No.
56 of 1970
An Act to amend the Air Accidents (Commonwealth Liability) Act 1963
and the Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966–1967.
[Assented to 25 June 1970]
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Air Accidents (Commonwealth Liability) Act 1970.
(2.) The Air
Accidents (Commonwealth Liability) Act 1963 is in this Act referred to as
the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Air Accidents (Commonwealth Liability) Act 1963–1970.
Commencement.
2.—(1.) Subject to this section, this Act shall
come into operation on the day on which the Principal Act comes into operation.
(2.) This section and the next succeeding section
shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Amendment
of Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966–1967.
3.—(1.) Section 7 of the Statute Law Revision (Decimal
Currency) Act 1966–1967 is
repealed.
(2.) The Statute
Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966–1967, as amended by this
section, may be cited as the Statute Law
Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966–1970.
Limitation
of amount recoverable under this Part.
4. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from
sub-section (1.) the words “Seven thousand five hundred pounds” and inserting
in their stead the words “Thirty thousand dollars”.
Limitation
of amount recoverable under this Part.
5.