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        <b>Commonwealth Banks Act 1973</b>
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        <b>No. 18 of 1973</b>
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        <b>AN ACT</b>
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      <p>To amend the <i>Commonwealth Banks Act </i>1959–1968 to remove the Limitation on the Amount of Housing Loans to Individuals.</p>
      <p>[<i>Assented to 11 April 1973</i>]</p>
      <p>BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—</p>
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        <b>Short title and citation.</b>
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          <num>1</num>
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            <p><b>1.</b><b> </b>(1)	This Act may be cited as the <i>Commonwealth Banks Act </i>1973.</p>
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          <num>2</num>
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            <p>(2)	The <i>Commonwealth Banks Act </i>1959–1968, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the <i>Commonwealth Banks Act </i>1959–1973.</p>
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        <num>2</num>
        <heading>Commencement.</heading>
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          <p><b>2.</b>	This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.</p>
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        <num>3</num>
        <heading>Amount of loans.</heading>
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          <p><b>3.</b>	Section 66 of the <i>Commonwealth Banks Act </i>1959–1968 is repealed.</p>
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