Meteorology Act 1973
No. 123 of 1973
AN ACT
To amend the Meteorology Act 1955 in relation to the Territories.
[Assented
to 30 October 1973]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the
House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1. (1) This
Act may be cited as the Meteorology Act 1973.
(2) The Meteorology
Act 1955 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Meteorology Act 1955–1973.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day
on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is repealed and
the following section substituted
Extension to Territories.
“4.(1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act extends
to all the Territories.
“(2) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette,declare that this Act shall, on a date specified in the notice,
cease to extend to a Territory specified in the notice.”.
Functions of the Bureau.
4. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting in paragraph (i) of sub-section (1), after the word “country”, the
words “(including a Territory specified under sub-section 4 (2))”.
Powers of the Director.
5.