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Territory of Christmas Island

  Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.I.) Amendment Ordinance 1999 (No. 1)

  No. 2 of 1999

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following ordinance under the Christmas Island Act 1958.
Dated 17 March 1999.

  WILLIAM DEANE
  Governor-General
  By His Excellency's Command,

  Ian MacDonald
  Minister for Regional Services, Territories and
  Local Government

Territory of Christmas Island

Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.I.) Amendment Ordinance 1999 (No. 1)1

No. 2 of 19992

made under the

Christmas Island Act 1958

An ordinance to provide for the amendment of the Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.I.)

Contents

 Page

 1 Name of ordinance 3
 2 Commencement 3
 3 Amendment of Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.I.) (Amendment) Ordinance 1992              3

Schedule 1 Amendment taken to have commenced on 1 July 1992              4

Schedule 2 Amendments commencing on gazettal 5

1 Name of ordinance

  This ordinance is the Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.I.) Amendment Ordinance 1999 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

 (1) Schedule 1 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1992.

 (2) Schedule 2 commences on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.I.) (Amendment) Ordinance 1992

  Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Interpretation Act 1984 (W.A.) (C.I.) (Amendment) Ordinance 1992.

Schedule 1 Amendment taken to have commenced on 1 July 1992
                (section 3)

[1] Section 5, definition of the State or this State

 substitute
the State, this State or Western Australia:
 (a) when used in a geographical sense — means the Territory; and
 (b) when used in any other sense — means the Territory unless the context precludes that meaning.

Schedule 2 Amendments commencing on gazettal
                (section 3)

 [1] Subsection 5A (1)

 after

 "(W.A.)"

 insert

 or "(WA)"

[2] Subsection 5A (2)

 after

 "(W.A.)(C.I.)"

 insert

 or "(WA)(CI)"

[3] Subsection 5B (1)

 after

 "(W.A.)"

 insert

 or "(WA)"

[4] Subsection 5B (2)

 after

 "(W.A.) (C.I.)"

 insert

 or "(WA) (CI)"

Notes

1. This ordinance amends Ordinance No. 3, 1992, as amended by No. 5, 1993; No. 6, 1996.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 17 March 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 March 1999.