Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01090:section:20:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01090
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 20 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 20708–22626

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 (6) Subject to subsection (7) and notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, for the purpose of making, before the date fixed in pursuance of section 21, a payment that is referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 19, several coins of either or both of the denominations of Two cents and One cent of a value of Five cents, Ten cents, Fifteen cents or Twenty cents are a legal tender for the payment of an amount of Sixpence, One shilling, One shilling and sixpence or Two shillings respectively, but a coin, or a number of coins, of any of those denominations is not otherwise a legal tender for the payment of an amount of money in the currency provided for by the repealed Acts.
 (7) Subsections (5) and (6) do not apply in relation to a payment for the remuneration of an employee whether the remuneration is by way of salary, wages, commission or otherwise.
 (8) For the purposes of this section, the value of a coin of the denomination specified in the first column of the following table shall be taken to be equivalent to the value of the coin of the denomination specified in the second column of that table opposite to the description of the first‑mentioned coin:

       TABLE

First Column                   Second Column
Coins under the repealed Acts  Coins under this Act
Crown                          Fifty cents
Florin                         Twenty cents
Shilling                       Ten cents
Sixpence                       Five cents

 (9) For the purposes of this section, a coin shall be deemed to be not of current weight if it has become diminished in weight by wear or otherwise so as to be of less weight than the weight prescribed as the least current weight of that coin.
 (10) The references to coins in subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) do not include references to coins that have been called in in pursuance of this Act or the repealed Acts.