Australian Capital Territory Electricity Supply Amendment Act 1979 (Cth)

Australian Capital Territory Electricity Supply Amendment Act 1979

No. 106 of 1979

An Act to amend the Australian Capital Territory Electricity Supply Act 1962.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Australian Capital Territory Electricity Supply Amendment Act 1979.

(2) The Australian Capital Territory Electricity Supply Act 1962 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 2 June 1979.

Interpretation

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after the definition of “financial year” the following definition:

“‘House of Assembly’ means the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly constituted under the House of Assembly Ordinance 1936 of the Territory or, if that Ordinance is amended, under that Ordinance as amended;”; and

(b) by omitting the definition of “the Legislative Assembly”.

Amendments in relation to Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly

4. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.

Transitional

5. A person holding office immediately before the commencement of this Act as the member of the Australian Capital Territory Electricity Authority referred to in sub-section 6(3) of the Principal Act shall continue to hold office, subject to that Act (other than sub-section 6(7)) as amended by this Act until such time as the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly elects one of its members as a member of that Authority in pursuance of sub-section 6(3) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

   

SCHEDULE Section 4

AMENDMENTS IN RELATION TO THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

Provision amended	Omit—	Substitute—
Sub-section 6(3).........	Legislative Assembly.......................	House of Assembly
members of the Assembly.................	members of that House
pleasure of the Assembly..................	pleasure of that House
Sub-section 6(7).........	Legislative Assembly.......................	House of Assembly
Sub-section 6(8).........	Legislative Assembly.......................	House of Assembly
cease to be a member of that Assembly	cease to be a member of that House
elected as a member of that Assembly	elected as a member of that House
Sub-section 6(10).......	as the Legislative Assembly..............	as the House of Assembly
if the Legislative Assembly...............	if the House of Assembly
members of that Assembly................	members of that House
meeting of that Assembly..................	meeting of that House
Sub-section 6(11).......	Legislative Assembly.......................	House of Assembly
Sub-section 10(3).......	Legislative Assembly.......................	House of Assembly