Currency Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1975 No. 139

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CURRENCY ACT 1965-1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Currency Act 1965-1973.

Dated this fourteenth day of July, 1975.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

F. E. STEWART

Minister of State for Tourism and Recreation for and on behalf of the Treasurer.

Amendments of the Currency Regulations

Standard weight of coins.

1. Regulation 3 of the Currency Regulations is amended by omitting all words from and including the word “specified” and substituting the following word and paragraphs:—

“specified—

(a) in respect of a coin made on or before 31 December 1974— in the second column of Schedule 1 in relation to the denomination of the coin; and

(b) in respect of a coin made on or after 1 January 1975—in the second column of Schedule 2 in relation to the denomination of the coin.”.

Dimensions of coins.

2. Regulation 5 of the Currency Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:—

“(a) in respect of a coin made on or before 31 December 1974—

(i) for the shortest diameter of a coin of the denomination of Fifty cents or for the diameter of a coin of another denomination—a length not exceeding the length specified in the third column of Schedule 1 in relation to the denomination of the coin; and

(ii) for the thickness of the coin—a thickness not exceeding the thickness specified in the fourth column of Schedule 1 in relation to the denomination of the coin; and

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 22 July 1975.

  Statutory Rules 1966, No. 21, as amended by Statutory Rules 1969, No. 137; and 1970, No. 31.

“(b) in respect of a coin made on or after 1 January 1975—

(i) for the shortest diameter of a coin of the denomination of Fifty cents or for the diameter of a coin of another denomination—a length not exceeding the length specified in the third column of Schedule 2 in relation to the denomination of the coin; and

(ii) for the thickness of the coin—a thickness not exceeding the thickness specified in the fourth column of Schedule 2 in relation to the denomination of the coin.”.

Remedy in respect of weight of coins.

3. Regulation 6 of the Currency Regulations is amended by omitting all words from and including the word “specified” and substituting the following word and paragraphs:—

“specified—

(a) in respect of a coin made on or before 31 December 1974— in the fifth column of Schedule 1 in relation to the denomination of the coin; and

(b) in respect of a coin made on or after 1 January 1975—in the fifth column of Schedule 2 in relation to the denomination of the coin.

The Schedule.

4. The Schedule to the Currency Regulations is repealed and the following Schedules substituted:—

SCHEDULE 1 Regulations 3, 5 and 6

Coins made on or before 31 December 1974.

First column	Second column	Third column	Fourth column	Fifth column
Denomination of coin	Standard weight	Length of shortest diameter or of diameter	Thickness	Remedy in respect of weight
Grains	Inches	Inches	Grains
Fifty cents	240.0	1.246	0.110	6
Twenty cents	174.6	1.128	0.099	5
Ten cents	87.3	0.934	0.078	3
Five cents	43.6	0.769	0.061	2
Two cents	80.0	0.855	0.080	3
One cent	40.0	0.695	0.062	2

SCHEDULE 2 Regulations 3, 5 and 6

Coins made on or after 1 January 1975.

First column	Second column	Third column	Fourth column	Fifth column
Denomination of coin	Standard weight	Length of shortest diameter or of diameter	Thickness	Remedy in respect of weight
Grammes	Millimetres	Millimetres	Grammes
Fifty cents	15.55	31.65	2.80	.40
Twenty cents	11.30	28.65	2.52	.33
Ten cents	5.65	23.72	1.98	.20
Five cents	2.83	19.53	1.55	.13
Two cents	5.20	21.72	2.03	.20
One cent	2.60	17.65	1.58	.13

Commencement.

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