THE TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
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Interpretation (Amendment) Ordinance 1987
No. 6 of 1987
I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Christmas Island Act 1958.
Dated 29 October 1987.
J. A. ROWLAND
Administrator
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
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An Ordinance to amend the Interpretation Ordinance 1958
Short title
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Interpretation (Amendment) Ordinance 1987.1
Interpretation
2. Section 5 of the Interpretation Ordinance 19582 is amended:
(a) by omitting the definition of “barrister or solicitor” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definition:
“‘barrister’, ‘solicitor’ or ‘barrister and solicitor’ means a person entitled, under section 55d of the Judiciary Act 1903, to practise as a barrister and solicitor in any Territory of the Commonwealth;”;
(b) by omitting the definition of “medical practitioner” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definition:
“‘medical practitioner’ means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners and whose registration or licence is not suspended under such a law;”; and
(c) by inserting after the definition of “movable property” in subsection (1) the following definition:
“‘Official Secretary’ means a person employed by the Minister under section 11 of the Administration Ordinance 1968 as Official Secretary;”.
Further amendments
3. The Interpretation Ordinance 1958 is further amended as set out in the Schedule.
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SCHEDULE Section 3
FURTHER AMENDMENTS OF THE INTERPRETATION ORDINANCE
Provisions | Amendment |
Subsection 2 (2)............ | Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “subsection (1)”, Omit “nine”, substitute “9”. |
Section 3................. | Repeal. |
Section 6................. | Omit “1901-1957 (except sections five and fifteen A, paragraph (e) of section twenty-six, paragraph (d) of section twenty-seven, subsection (2.) of section thirty, sections thirty-seven to forty (inclusive), paragraph (a) of section forty-six and sections forty-seven, forty-eight and forty-nine)”, substitute “1901 (except sections 5 and 15a, paragraphs 26 (e) and 27 (d), subsection 30 (2), sections 37 to 40 (inclusive), paragraph 46 (a) and sections 47, 48 and 49)”. |
Paragraph 15 (1) (b).......... | Omit “the last preceding paragraph”, substitute “paragraph (a)”. |
Paragraph 15 (1) (c).......... | Omit “fifteen”, substitute “15”. |
Subsection 15 (2)........... | Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “subsection (1)”. |
Subsection 15 (4)........... | Omit “fifteen”, substitute “15”. |
Subsection 15 (5)........... | Omit “fifteen”, substitute “15”. Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “subsection (4)”. |
Subsection 18 (1)........... | Omit “twenty of this Ordinance”, substitute “20”. Omit “the first column”, substitute “Column 1”. Omit “the second column”, substitute “Column 2”. Omit “First Column.”, substitute “Column 1”. Omit “Second Column.”, substitute “Column 2”. Omit “section five of this Ordinance” (wherever occurring), substitute “section 5”. |
Section 21................ | Omit “the first column of the Table in subsection (1) of section eighteen of this Ordinance”, substitute “Column 1 of the table in subsection 18 (1)”. |
Subsection 22 (1)........... | Omit “fifteen of this Ordinance”, substitute “15”. |
Subsection 22 (2)........... | Omit “(a) of sub-section (1) of section fifteen of this Ordinance”, substitute “15 (1) (a)”. |
Subsection 23 (2)........... | Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “subsection (1)”. |
Subsection 23 (3)........... | Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “subsection (2)”. |
Subsection 23 (4)........... | Omit “the last two preceding sub-sections”, substitute “subsection (2) or (3)”. Omit “Four”, substitute “4”. |
Subsection 23 (5)........... | Omit “(1) of section nineteen”, substitute “19 (1)”. |
Subsection 25 (1)........... | Omit “the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven”, substitute “31 December 1957”. |
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NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 November 1987.
2. No. 1, 1958 as amended by No. 1, 1960; No. 1, 1962; No. 4, 1964; No. 1, 1966; No. 2, 1967; No. 2, 1968; No. 4, 1972; No. 2, 1973; No. 3, 1976; No. 7, 1977; No. 9, 1980.
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