Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1983

1 Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 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) Sections 1 and 2 shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(3) The amendment of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 made by this Act shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(4) The amendment of section 35 of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the commencement of that section.

(5) The amendments of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 made by this Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

(6) The amendment of the Crimes Act 1914 made by this Act shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(7) The amendments of the Economic Planning Advisory Council Act 1983 made by this Act shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(8) Section 88 of the Judiciary Act 1903 as enacted by this Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

(9) Section 16a of the Law Officers Act 1964, as inserted by this Act, shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(10) The amendment of the Navigation (Protection of the Sea) Amendment Act 1983 made by this Act shall come into operation, or be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the commencement of section 7 of that Act.

(11) The amendments of sections 35 and 58e of the Patents Act 1952 made by this Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

(12) The amendment of section 8 of the Royal Commissions Amendment Act 1982 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 February 1983.

(13) The amendments of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983 made by this Act shall—

(a) in the case of the amendment of Schedule 1, be deemed to have come into operation on 13 December 1982; and

(b) in the case of the amendment of Schedule 2, be deemed to have come into operation on 18 July 1983.

(14) Where, under this section, an amendment of an Act comes into operation, or is deemed to have come into operation, on a day (in this sub-section referred to as the “commencement day”), other than the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, then sections 3 and 6, insofar as they apply in relation to that amendment, shall come into operation, or be deemed to have come into operation, as the case may be, on the commencement day.

3 Amendment of Acts

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

4 Formal amendments of Law Officers Act 1964

4. The Law Officers Act 1964 is amended as set out in Schedule 2.

5 Repeal

5. The Cattle Slaughter Levy (Suspension) Act 1961 is repealed.

Transitional

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6. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), 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) Where notification of a selection for promotion was published under regulation 17 of the Australian Federal Police Regulations before the commencement of the amendments of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (in this sub-section referred to as the “Principal Act”) made by this Act and by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983, any appeal arising out of that selection shall be dealt with, or continue to be dealt with, as the case requires, as if those amendments had not been made, but any promotion following the disposal of any such appeal shall be made in accordance with the Principal Act as so amended.

(3) In section 16a of the Law Officers Act 1964 inserted by this Act, a reference to a period of service as Solicitor-General extends, in the case of the person who is the Solicitor-General at the date of commencement of that section, to a period of service occurring before that date.

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SCHEDULE 1 Section 3

AMENDMENT OF ACTS

SCHEDULE 1—continued

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SCHEDULE 2 Section 4

FORMAL AMENDMENTS OF LAW OFFICERS ACT 1964

SCHEDULE 2—continued