Interpretation Act 1984 (WA)(CKI) Amendment Ordinance 1999 (No. 1) (CKI) (Cth)

TERRITORY OF COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.K.I.) Amendment Ordinance 1999 (No. 1)

No. 2 of 1999

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following ordinance under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955.

Dated 17 March 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

IAN MACDONALD

Minister for Regional Services, Territories and

Local Government

TERRITORY OF COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.K.I.) Amendment Ordinance 1999 (No. 1)¹

No. 2 of 1999²

made under the

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955

An ordinance to provide for the amendment of the Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.K.I.)

Contents

Page

1     Name of ordinance  

2     Commencement  

3     Amendment of Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.K.I.) (Amendment) Ordinance 1992         

Schedule 1       Amendment taken to have commenced on 1 July 1992  

Schedule 2       Amendments commencing on gazettal           

1. Name of ordinance

This ordinance is the Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.K.I.) Amendment Ordinance 1999 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

(1)   Schedule 1 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1992.

(2)   Schedule 2 commences on gazettal.

1. Amendment of Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.K.I.) (Amendment) Ordinance 1992

Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.K.I.) (Amendment) Ordinance 1992.

Schedule 1        Amendment taken to have commenced on 1 July 1992

(section 3)

[1]         Section 5, definition of the State or this State

substitute

the State, this State or Western Australia:

(a)    when used in a geographical sense — means the Territory; and

(b)    when used in any other sense — means the Territory unless the context precludes that meaning.

Schedule 2        Amendments commencing on gazettal

(section 3)

[1]         Subsection 5A (1)

after

“(W.A.)”

insert

or “(WA)”

[2]         Subsection 5A (2)

after

“(W.A.)(C.K.I.)”

insert

or “(WA)(CKI)”

[3]         Subsection 5B (1)

after

“(W.A.)”

insert

or “(WA)”

[4]         Subsection 5B (2)

after

“(W.A.) (C.K.I.)”

insert

or “(WA) (CKI)”

Notes

1.       This ordinance amends Ordinance No. 2, 1992, as amended by No. 4, 1993; No. 5, 1996.

2.       Made by the Governor-General on 17 March 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 March 1999.