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Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955.
the Territory means the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Western Australian Act means an Act passed by the Parliament of Western Australia.
 (2) Where an Ordinance confers upon a person or authority power to make, grant or issue an instrument (including regulations, rules or rules of court) then, unless the contrary intention appears, expressions used in an instrument so made, granted or issued shall be deemed to have the same meanings as in the Ordinance conferring the power.
6 Application of Acts Interpretation Act to Ordinances
  Subject to this Ordinance, the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (except sections 5 and 15A, paragraphs 26 (e) and 27 (d), section 30, sections 37 to 40 (inclusive), paragraph 46 (a) and sections 47, 48 and 49), as amended from time to time, apply, so far as they are capable of application, to and in relation to Ordinances, including this Ordinance, as if an Ordinance were an Act.
7 Numbering of Ordinances
  Ordinances made under the Act in each secular year shall be numbered in regular arithmetical series, beginning with the number one, in the order in which notice of their making is published in the Gazette.
8 Citation of Acts and Ordinances
 (1) In an Ordinance, instrument or document:
 (a) an Act may be cited by its short title, or by reference to the secular year in which it was passed and its number;
 (b) an Ordinance may be cited by its short title, or by reference to the secular year in which it was passed and its number; and
 (c) an Imperial Act may be cited by its short title (if any), or by reference to the regnal year in which it was passed and its chapter.
 (2) An enactment may be cited by reference to the part, section, subsection or other division of the Act, Ordinance or Imperial Act in which the enactment is contained.
 (3) Every such reference shall be made according to a copy of the Act or Ordinance printed or purporting to be printed by the Government Printer of the Commonwealth, or to a copy of the Imperial Act printed or purporting to be printed by the Queen's Printer in London, as the case may be.
8A References to Ordinances
  Where an Ordinance contains:
 (a) a reference to the short title of another Ordinance as originally made; or
 (b) a reference to a method of citation that is, or at any time has been, provided by law for the citation of another Ordinance as amended;
then, except so far as the contrary intention appears:
 (c) the reference shall be construed as a reference to that other Ordinance as originally made and