Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983

1 Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983.

Commencement

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2. (1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) The amendments of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 made by this Act shall come into operation on such date as is fixed by Proclamation.

(3) The amendments of the Bank Account Debits Tax Administration Act 1982 made by this Act shall—

(a) in the case of the amendments of section 6 of that Act—come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and

(b) in the case of the amendment of sub-31 December 1982.section 29 (1) of that Act—be deemed to have come into operation on

(4) The amendments of the Customs Act 1901 made by this Act shall—

(a) in the case of the amendments of Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982;section 131a of that Act—come into operation, or be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the commencement of the

(b) in the case of the amendment of sub-section 273f (2) of that Act—come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and

(c) in the case of the other amendments of that Act—be deemed to have come into operation at the hour of 8 o’clock in the evening by standard time in the Australian Capital Territory on 17 August 1982.

(5) The amendments of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 1982 made by this Act shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires—

(a) in the case of the amendments of section 30 of that Act—on the commencement of that section; and

(b) in the case of the amendment of section 76 of that Act—on the commencement of that section.

(6) The amendment of the Dairy Industry Stabilization Amendment Act 1978 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1978.

(7) The amendments of the Defence Act 1903 made by this Act shall—

(a) in the case of the repeal of Defence Force Re-organization Act 1975;section 69 of that Act—come into operation, or be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the commencement of section 38 of the

(b) in the case of the amendment of Defence Acts Amendment Act 1981 is a later day, on that later day; andsection 116d of that Act—come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent or, if the day fixed under sub-section 2 (3) of the

(c) in the case of the other amendments of that Act—come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(8) The amendment of the Domicile Act 1982 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1982.

(9) The amendment of the Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978 made by this Act shall come into operation on such date as is fixed by Proclamation.

(10) The amendment of the Governor-General Act 1974 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 9 June 1982.

(11) The amendments of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 made by this Act shall—

(a) in the case of the amendments of sub-paragraph 221zc (5) (b) (i) of that Act—be deemed to have come into operation on 13 December 1982; and

(b) in the case of the other amendments of that Act—come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(12) The amendments of the Judiciary Act 1903 made by this Act shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(13) The amendment of the Meat Research Act 1960 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 2 July 1979.

(14) The amendments of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the commencement of sections 169 and 170 of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982.

(15) The amendments of the Public Service Act 1922 made by this Act shall—

(a) in the case of the amendment of sub-1 March 1983; andsection 81zv (2) of that Act—be deemed to have come into operation on

(b) in the case of the other amendments of that Act—come into operation on such respective dates as are fixed by Proclamation.

(16) The amendments of the Public Service Acts Amendment Act 1982 made by this Act shall—

(a) in the case of the amendment of section 22 of that Act—come into operation on the commencement of that section; and

(b) in the case of the amendment of sub-5 November 1982.section 77 (4) of that Act—be deemed to have come into operation on

(17) The amendment of the Repatriation Legislation Amendment Act 1982 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 28 October 1982.

(18) The amendment of the Special Prosecutors Act 1982 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 21 September 1982.

(19) The amendments of the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1981 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 19 November 1981.

(20) The amendments of the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1982 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 13 December 1982.

(21) The amendments of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 20 October 1982.

(22) The repeal of the Australian Capital Territory Gaming and Liquor Authority Act 1981 by this Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

3 Amendment of Acts

3. The Acts specified in Schedule 1 are amended as set out in that Schedule.

4 Formal amendment of Excise Act 1901

4. The Excise Act 1901 is amended as set out in Schedule 2.

5 Repeal of Acts

5. The following Acts are repealed:

Australian Capital Territory Gaming and Liquor Authority Act 1981

Defence Force (Papua New Guinea) Retirement Benefits Act 1973.

6 Transfer validated

6. The transfer by the Commonwealth to the Government of Papua New Guinea of $1,152,966, being the balance, as of 5 March 1975, standing to the credit of the Defence Force (Papua New Guinea) Retirement Benefits Fund established by the Defence Force (Papua New Guinea) Retirement Benefits Act 1973, shall be deemed to have been as validly done as if, at the time of the transfer, it had been authorized by that Act.

Transitional

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7. (1) Where this Act—

(a) amends a provision of an Act; or

(b) repeals and re-enacts (with or without modifications) a provision of an Act,

any act done or decision made under or in pursuance of the provision amended or repealed has effect after the amendment or repeal as if it had been done or made under or in pursuance of the provision as so amended or re-enacted.

(2) Notwithstanding the amendment of paragraphs 124 (1) (j), (k) and (l) of the Defence Act 1903 by this Act, regulations made under those paragraphs and in force immediately before the commencement of the amendment continue in force as if they had been made under that Act as so amended.

(3) The amendments of section 80 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 made by this Act extend to proceedings pending immediately before the commencement of those amendments.

(4) The amendment of section 163a of the Trade Practices Act 1974 made by this Act does not extend to proceedings pending on the commencement of that amendment.

(5) An amendment made by this Act increasing the rate of penalty arising in respect of a liability to pay a charge or levy extends to a penalty arising before the date of commencement of the amendment, but the rate as so increased does not apply in respect of that penalty before that date.

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AMENDMENT OF ACTS

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FORMAL AMENDMENTS OF THE EXCISE ACT 1901

1. The following provisions of the Excise Act 1901 are amended by omitting any number expressed in words and substituting that number expressed in figures: 15, 17, 19, 42 (1b), 77a, 77b, 98, 113, 118, 121, 122, 124, 129, 131, 138 and 162a (2).

2. The Excise Act 1901 is further amended as set out in the following table:

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