THE TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
No. 4 of 1972
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AN ORDINANCE
To amend the Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1968.
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 ninth day of November, 1972.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Andrew Peacock
Minister of State for External Territories.
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INTERPRETATION ORDINANCE 1972
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Interpretation Ordinance 1972.[*]
(2.) The Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1968[†] as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1972.
Commencement.
2. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the date on which the Children’s Court Ordinance 1972 comes into operation.
Interpretation.
3. Section 5 of the Interpretation Ordinance 1958-1968 is amended by inserting in sub-section (1.), after the definition of “the Administrator”, the following definition:—
“‘the Children’s Court’ means the Children’s Court of Christmas Island established by the Children’s Court Ordinance 1972;”.
[*] Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.
[†] Ordinance No. 1, 1956, as amended by No. 1, 1960; No. 1, 1962; No. 4, 1964; No. 1, 1966; No. 2, 1967; and No. 2, 1968.