High
Commissioner (United Kingdom)
Act
Repeal Act 1973
No. 156 of 1973
AN
ACT
To repeal the High Commissioner (United Kingdom) Act 1909-1966,
and for purposes connected therewith.
[Assented to 29 November 1973]
BE IT ENACTED by
the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as
follows:—
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the High
Commissioner (United Kingdom)
Act Repeal Act 1973.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on a date
to be fixed by Proclamation.
Repeal.
3.The
following Acts are repealed:—
High Commissioner
Act 1909
High Commissioner
Act 1937
High Commissioner
Act 1940
High Commissioner
Act 1945
High Commissioner
Act 1952
High Commissioner (United Kingdom) Act 1957
High Commissioner (United Kingdom) Act 1966.
Officers’ Rights Declaration Act to continue to apply to certain officers.
4. The Officers’ Rights Declaration Act 1928-1969continues to apply,
after the commencement of this Act, to an officer to whom it applied
immediately before the commencement of this Act by virtue of paragraph 9(3)(c) of the High Commissioner (United Kingdom) Act 1909-1966 as if the Acts
repealed by section 3had not been repealed and the
officer had resigned his employment under those Acts on the day on which this
Act came into operation.
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