THE TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
No. 2 of 1967
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AN ORDINANCE
To amend the Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1966.
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 1958-1966.
Dated this twenty-seventh day of December, 1967.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
C. E. BARNES
Minister of State for Territories.
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INTERPRETATION ORDINANCE 1967
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Interpretation Ordinance 1967.[*]
(2.) The Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1966,[†] as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1967.
Reference to Singapore currency.
2. Section 23 of the Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1966 is amended—
(a) by omitting the words “that .294 dollar in Australian currency is the equivalent of One dollar in currency of the Colony of Singapore” and inserting in their stead the words “that—
(a) .294 dollar in Australian currency is the equivalent of One dollar in the currency of the Colony of Singapore; and
(b) .294 cent in Australian currency is the equivalent of one cent in the currency of the Colony of Singapore”; and
(b) by adding at the end of that section the following subsections:—
“(3.) Where, a calculation in accordance with the last preceding sub-section results in the ascertainment of an
amount in Australian currency that includes a percentage of a cent, then—
(a) if the percentage is not greater than 0.45, the percentage shall be disregarded; or
(b) if the percentage exceeds 0.45, the amount in cents shall be deemed to be increased by adding one to the number of cents (without the percentage).
“(4.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the last two preceding sub-sections, the equivalent of an amount of Four cents or less in the currency of the Colony of Singapore shall be deemed to be one cent in Australian currency.
“(5.) In this section, a reference to the currency of the Colony of Singapore is a reference to the currency the continued use of which was authorized by sub-section (1.) of section 19 of the Christmas Island Act 1958.”.
[*] Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 18 January 1968.
[†] Ordinance No. 1, 1958, as amended by No. 1, 1960; No. 1, 1962; No. 4, 1964; and No. 1, 1966.