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12  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Statute of Westminster, 1931.
Notes to the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942

Note 1

The Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 56, 1942 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Australian Parliament has on three occasions passed Acts requesting and consenting to the enactment by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Acts extending to Australia.  The Acts of the Parliaments of Australia and of the United Kingdom, respectively, are as follows:

Australia                                               United Kingdom
Australia (Request and Consent) Act 1985                Australia Act, 1986
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Request and Consent) Act 1954  Cocos Islands Act, 1955
Christmas Island (Request and Consent) Act 1957         Christmas Island Act, 1958

Table of Acts
Act                                       Number     Date        Date of commencement  Application, saving or transitional provisions
                                          and year   of Assent
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942  56, 1942   9 Oct 1942  9 Oct 1942
Australia Act 1986                        142, 1985  4 Dec 1985  (a)

(a) Subsection 17(2) of the Australia Act 1986 provides as follows:
 (2) This Act shall come into operation on a day and at a time to be fixed by Proclamation.
This Act came into operation on 3 March 1986 at 5.00 am Greenwich Mean Time (see Gazette 1986, No. S85).

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected                                                                                How affected
The Schedule
S. 4....................                                                                          rep. No. 142, 1985
Ss. 9, 10................                                                                         am. No. 142, 1985