Currency Act 1855 No 3a (NSW)

No. III.

An Act to regulate the Currency in New South

Wales. [18th July, 1855,]

WH E R E A S H e r Majesty has been pleased by and wi th t he advice M i n t a t t he City of Sydney A n d whereas H e r Majesty has been of H e r P r ivy Counci l to es tabl ish a B r a n c h of H e r Roya l
pleased by and wi th t h e advice of H e r said Council to order t h a t cer­ ta in pieces of Gold money shall be coined in t he said B r a n c h M i n t to be called respectively Aus t r a l i an Sovereigns and Aus t r a l i an Ha l f Sovereigns a n d to be of t h e same respect ive weights fineness a n d va lue wi th t h e Sovereigns and Ha l f Sovereigns now cur ren t wi th in H e r R e a l m A n d whereas H e r Majesty has been pleased by H e r Roya l Proc lamat ion to ordain declare and command tha t the said pieces of Gold money so be coined shall be cu r r en t and lawful money wi th in all H e r Majes ty ' s Colonies in Aus t r a l i a N e w Zealand and V a n Diemen 's L a n d and shall pass and be received as cu r ren t and lawful money the re in by the names and a t t h e values aforesaid A n d whereas pieces of money of other denominat ions and values may from t ime to t ime be in like m a n n e r ordered to be coined a t t h e said B r a n c h

M i n t A n d whereas t h e pleasure of H e r Majesty in H e r said Counci l

has been signified t ha t t he Coins of t he U n i t e d K i n g d o m shall con­ t inue to pass and be received as heretofore wi th in t h e said Colony as cu r r en t and lawful money at t he values a t which t hey are cu r r en t in the said U n i t e d K i n g d o m A n d whereas i t is deemed necessary to define and establish by Legis la t ive enac tmen t wha t shal l in future be a legal t ender for p a y m e n t w i th in t h e Colony of New South Wales Be i t

therefore enacted by H i s Exce l lency t h e Governor of N e w South

Wales by and w i t h t h e advice and consent of t h e	Legislat ive	Counci l
thereof as follows :—

1. The Gold Coin issued from H e r Majesty 's M i n t in London and the Gold Coin issued from the B r a n c h of t he Roya l M i n t in Sydney shal l be and shall be considered and are hereby declared to be t he only legal t ender for p a y m e n t s except as hereinafter provided wi th in the Colony of New South Wales and the same respectively shall pass and be received as cu r ren t and lawful money a t t he value a t which they are or shall respect ively be declared by H e r said Majesty in Counci l to be cu r r en t Provided always t h a t such Coins shall hold t h e l ike weight and fineness as are or shall for t he t ime being be prescr ibed by law for moneys of H e r Majesty 's M i n t in London and wi th such al lowance called the r emedy as is given to t h e Mas te r of t he said M i n t in London.

2. A tender of paymen t of money made in t h e Silver Coin of

t he Roya l M i n t at London or the Silver Coin (if any) issued from t h e

B r a n c h M i n t at Sydney of any s u m to t h e ex ten t of F o r t y Shil l ings and no more a t any one t ime shall be reputed a t ende r in law or allowed to be a legal t ender wi th in t he Colony of N e w South W a l e s ei ther by tale or weight of such Silver Coin or otherwise howsoever.

3. The A c t m a d e and passed in t he last Session of Counci l and

numbered th i r ty -n ine shall be and is hereby repealed.

No. I V .