Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1982 (ACT)

Interpretation (Amendment) Ordinance 1982

No. 28 of 1982

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following

Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 19 June 1982.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

P. DURACK

Attorney-General

An Ordinance to amend the Interpretation Ordinance 1967

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Interpretation (Amendment)

Ordinance 1982.1

Principal Ordinance

2. In this Ordinance, "Principal Ordinance" means the Interpretation

Ordinance 1967.2

matter or document could not be considered apart from that sub-section.".

3. Before section 12 of the Principal Ordinance the following section is

inserted in Division 1 of Part III:

Regard to be had to purpose or object of Ordinance

" 11 A. (1) In the interpretation of a provision of an Ordinance, a construc­ tion that would promote the purpose or object underlying the Ordinance (whether that purpose or object is expressly stated in the Ordinance or not) shall be preferred to a construction that would not promote that purpose or object.

"(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed as authorizing, in the in­
terpretation of a provision of an Ordinance, the consideration of any matter or
document not forming part of the Ordinance for any purpose for which that

Meaning of certain words

4. Section 14 of the Principal Ordinance is amended

(a) by inserting "or to a remand centre" after "prison" in the definition of

"committed for trial"; and

(b) by inserting after the definition of "person" and "party" the following

definition:

" 'police officer' means a member or special member of the Aus­

tralian Federal Police;".

Schedule

5. The Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by inserting—

"Republic of Kiribati"

after—

"Republic of Kenya":

(b) by inserting—

"Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"

after—

"Papua New Guinea";

(c) by inserting—

"Republic of Vanuatu"

after—

"United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland":

and

(d) by adding at the end thereof—

"Republic of Zimbabwe".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 June 1982.

1. No. 48, 1967 as amended by Nos. 18 and 42, 1972; No. 23, 1973; No. 6, 1975; No. 30, 1976; Nos. 24 and 65,1977; No. 46,1978; No. 4 ,1979; No. 31,1980.