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Arts, Environment and Territories
Legislation Amendment Act 1992

No. 130 of 1992

An Act to repeal certain legislation relating to the environment, to amend legislation relating to the arts, the environment and Territories, and for related purposes

[Assented to 24 October 1992]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Arts, Environment and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1992.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Repeal of Acts

3.(1) The Lemonthyme and Southern Forests (Commission of Inquiry) Act 1987 is repealed.

(2) The States Grants (Air Quality Monitoring) Act 1976 is repealed.

Amendment of Acts

4. The Acts specified in Schedule 1 are amended as set out in that Schedule.

Amendments of Ordinances

5.(1) The Ordinances of the Australian Capital Territory specified in Schedule 2 are amended as set out in that Schedule.

(2) The making of amendments of Ordinances by subsection (1) is not intended to prevent the Ordinances, as so amended, being amended or repealed by the Governor-General.

Saving of appointments etc. under the Australia Council Act

6.(1) In this section, "Principal Act" means the Australia Council Act 1975.

(2) An appointment made by the Governor-General under subsection 9(3) or 19A(1) of the Principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement of section 4 has the same effect after that commencement as it would have had if:

(a) section 4 of this Act had been in force when the appointment was made; and

(b) the appointment had been made by the Minister.

(3) A determination made by the Governor-General under subsection 19A(3) of the Principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement of section 4 has the same effect after that commencement as it would have had if:

(a) section 4 of this Act had been in force when the determination was made; and

(b) the determination had been made by the Minister.

(4) If:

    (a) before the commencement of section 4, a person resigned by writing signed and delivered to the Governor-General under subsection 10(4), section 13 or 19D of the Principal Act; and

    (b) the resignation had not taken effect at the commencement of section 4;

subsection 10(4), section 13 or 19D, as the case requires, continues to have effect in relation to the resignation in spite of the amendments made by section 4.

Effect of amendments of the National Gallery Act

7. It is the intention of the Parliament that the amendments of the National Gallery Act 1975 made by section 4 should only have the effect of changing the name of the Gallery established by that Act and should not:

(a) affect any right or liability of