Public Place Names Amendment Act 2002 (ACT)

Public Place Names Amendment Act 2002

Act 2002 No 54

Contents

Page

1. Name of Act  2

2. Commencement  2

3. Acts amended  2

4. Minister to determine names
   Section 3 (2)  2

5. New section 3 (2)  2

6. Districts Act 2002, section 6 (3), note 3

Public Place Names Amendment Act 2002

Act 2002 No 54

An Act to amend the Public Place Names Act 1989, and for other purposes

Notified under the Legislation Act 2001 on 20 December 2002

(see Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Public Place Names Amendment Act 2002.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences on the day after its notification day.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

3. Acts amended

4. This Act (other than section 6) amends the Public Place Names Act 1989.

5. Section 6 amends the Districts Act 2002.

6. Minister to determine names
   Section 3 (2)

   renumber as section 3 (3)

7. New section 3 (2)

   insert

8. If the Minister is making a determination about the naming of a division, or the naming of a public place after a person mentioned in section 4 (2) (a) or (b), the Minister must consider—

   (a)the number of women and men after whom divisions or public places have been named in the last 10 years; and

   (b)whether the names of women are well-represented.

9. Districts Act 2002, section 6 (3), note

   omit

   3 (2)

   substitute

   3 (3)

Endnote

Republications of amended laws

For the latest republication of amended laws, see align="center">[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 20 November 2002]

I certify that the above is a true copy of the Public Place Names Amendment Bill 2002 which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 11 December 2002.

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