COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Government House
Canberra ACT 2600
29 March 2019
Constitution of the Order of Australia (Number of Appointments in the General Division) Ordinance 2019
It is notified for general information that the Governor-General has approved the Constitution of the Order of Australia (Number of Appointments in the General Division) Ordinance 2019.
Constitution of the Order of Australia (Number of Appointments in the General Division) Ordinance 2019
I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting under section 30A of the Constitution of the Order of Australia, revoke the Constitution of the Order of Australia (Number of Appointments in the General Division) Ordinance 2018 made on 19 April 2018, and make the following
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Number of appointments in the General Division
1 Name
This Ordinance is the Constitution of the Order of Australia (Number of Appointments in the General Division) Ordinance 2019.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Ordinance specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this Ordinance | The day this Ordinance is made. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Ordinance as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Ordinance.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Ordinance. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Ordinance.
3 Authority
This Ordinance is made under section 30A of the Constitution of the Order of Australia.
4 Definitions
In this Ordinance:
Constitution means the Constitution of the Order of Australia.
5 Number of appointments in the General Division
Companions
(1) For the purposes of section 14 of the Constitution, the number of persons is 35.
Officers
(2) For the purposes of section 16 of the Constitution, the number of persons is 140.
Members
(3) For the purposes of section 18 of the Constitution, the number of persons is 605.