Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2014C00089:reg:18a:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2014C00089
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18A (pt 3/6)
Character Range: 23749–26346

(4) In this section, regulations includes rules and rules of court.
19C Other powers and functions under laws of Singapore
  Where an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore confers a power or function on a person or authority (not being a person or authority specified in Column 1 of the table in subsection 18 (1)) that power or function may be exercised or performed by such person or authority as the Minister directs.
20 References to Singapore currency
 (1) A reference in an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore to an amount in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore shall be read as a reference to the equivalent amount in Australian currency.
 (2) Where it is necessary for the purposes of subsection (1) or for the purposes of any Ordinance or law made under an Ordinance to convert an amount expressed in currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore to the equivalent amount in Australian currency, the conversion shall be made on the basis that:
 (a) 40 cents in Australian currency is the equivalent of one dollar in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore; and
 (b) 0.4 cents in Australian currency is the equivalent of one cent in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore.
 (3) Where a calculation in accordance with subsection (2) results in the ascertainment of an amount in Australian currency that includes a percentage of a cent, then:
 (a) if the percentage is not greater than 0.45, the percentage shall be disregarded; or
 (b) if the percentage exceeds 0.45, the amount in cents shall be deemed to be increased by adding one to the number of cents (without the percentage).
 (4) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), the equivalent of an amount of 3 cents or less in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or the Colony of Singapore shall be deemed to be one cent in Australian currency.
21 References to persons, places, matters and things in existing laws
  Subject to section 8 of the Act and to this Ordinance, an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore shall be read with such formal alterations as to persons, places, matters and things as are necessary to make the same applicable to the circumstances of the Territory.
22 References to Ordinances of the Straits Settlements
  An Ordinance of the Colony of the Straits Settlements in force in the Colony of Singapore immediately before the commencement of the Act may be referred to as an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore.
23 Citation