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during any period, or during all periods, when a Deputy Ombudsman is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of Deputy Ombudsman,
but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act for more than 12 months.".
Sub-section 29 (2)—
After "(1)" insert "or (1a)".
Sub-section 29 (4)—
     (a) After "(1) (b)" insert "or (1a) (b).
     (b) After "Governor-General" insert "or the Minister, as the case may be,".
Sub-section 29 (5)—
Omit the sub-section, substitute the following sub-section:
"(5) At any time—
     (a) the Governor-General may terminate an appointment under sub-section (1); and
     (b) the Minister may terminate an appointment under sub-section (1a).".
Sub-section 29 (9)—
Omit the sub-section, substitute the following sub-section:
"(9) The validity of anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act in an office under this section shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for the appointment had not arisen, that there was a defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment, that the appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for the person to act had not arisen or had ceased.".
Part V—
Repeal the Part.
Postal Services Act 1975
After section 100a—
Insert the following section:
Narcotic substances
"100b. (1) A person shall not, without lawful authority, send by post or by courier service a postal article that encloses or contains a prescribed narcotic substance within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901.
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
"(2) Where an act constitutes an offence against a law of a State or of the Northern Territory, the validity of that law is not affected by reason only that the act also constitutes an offence against sub-section (1).".
Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971
Sub-section 4 (1)—
After the definition of "special mission" insert the following definition:
"'State' includes the Northern Territory;".
Sub-section 4 (1) (definition of "Territory")—
Omit the definition, substitute the following definition:

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     " 'Territory' (except in sub-section 25 (2)) means the Australian Capital Territory or the Jervis Bay Territory;".
After sub-section 25 (2)—
Insert the following sub-section:
"(2a) In sub-section (2), 'Territory' means the Australian Capital Territory, the Jervis Bay Territory or the Northern Territory.".
Sub-section 25 (5)—
Omit "an enactment of the Parliament of a State", substitute "a particular enactment".
The Schedule—
(a) Omit from the heading to Part II "STATES", substitute "AUSTRALIA".
(b) Before "Australian Capital Territory" insert the following:
        "Northern Territory—
        Sections 91, 92, 300, 301 and 302 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act and Ordinance 1876 to 1969, as in