THE TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
No. 1 of 1966
_________
AN ORDINANCE
To amend the Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1964.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Christmas Island Act 1958-1963.
Dated this tenth day of February, 1966.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(SGD) C. E. BARNES
Minister of State for Territories.
_________
INTERPRETATION ORDINANCE 1966
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Interpretation Ordinance 1966.[*]
(2.) The Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1964,[†] as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1966.
Commencement.
2. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the fourteenth day of February, 1966.
3. After section 6 of the Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1964 the following section is inserted:—
References to dollars, &c, in Ordinances made under the Act.
“6a. A reference in an Ordinance made under the Act to an amount of money expressed in dollars, dollars and cents or cents shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as a reference to an amount of money in the currency of Australia.”.
References to Singapore currency.
4. Section 23 of the Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1964 is amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) the figures and word “.147 pound” and inserting in their stead the figures and word “.294 dollar”.
[*] Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 11th February, 1966.
[†] Ordinance No. 1, 1958, as amended by No. 1, 1960; No. 1, 1962; and No. 4, 1964.