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Statutory Rules 1989 No.2781

Currency Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 25 October 1989.

BILL HAYDEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command,

Peter Morris
Minister of State for Industrial Relations for and on
behalf of the Treasurer

Designs of coins
1. Regulation 4 of the Currency Regulations is amended:
      (a) by inserting in subparagraph (d) (viiibda) ", (viiibf) or (viiibf)" after "subparagraph (viiibe)";
      (b) by omitting from subparagraph (d) (viiibda) "a reference (in figures) to the year of the coin" and substituting "the inscription (in figures) of a year";
      (c) by inserting after subparagraph (d) (viiibe) the following subparagraphs:
             "(viiibf) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $5 the composition of which is not less than 99.95% platinum— the inscription THE AUSTRALIAN KOALA 1/20 OZ 9995 PLATINUM', a representation of an adult koala on a forked branch of a tree with a young koala clinging to its back and the inscription (in figures) of a year;

(S.R. 313/89)—Cat. No. 14/12.10.1989

             (viiibg) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $5 the composition of which is not less than 99.9% silver—the inscription 'THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER', a representation of a kookaburra perched on a tree stump and a representation of 2 Australian flora and a reference (in figures) to the year of the coin, all encircled by raised beads inside the rim of the coin;";
      (d) by omitting from sub-subparagraph (d) (viiif) (b) "a reference (in figures) to the year of the coin" and substituting "the inscription (in figures) of a year";
      (e) by omitting subparagraph (d) (viiifa) and substituting the following subparagraph:
             "(viiifa) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $15 the composition of which is not less than 99.95% platinum:
                (a) the inscription 'THE AUSTRALIAN KOALA 1/10 OZ 9995 PLATINUM', a representation of a koala and a reference (in figures) to the year of the coin; or
                (b) the inscription 'THE AUSTRALIAN KOALA 1/10 OZ 9995 PLATINUM', a representation of an adult koala on a forked branch of a tree with a young koala clinging to its back and the inscription (in figures) of a year;";
      (f) by omitting from sub-subparagraph (d) (viiig) (b) "a reference (in figures) to the year of the coin" and substituting "the inscription (in figures) of a year";
      (g) by omitting subparagraph (d) (viiiga) and substituting the following subparagraph:
             "(viiiga) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $25 the composition of which is not less than 99.95% platinum:
                (a) the inscription 'THE AUSTRALIAN KOALA 1/4 OZ 9995