Judiciary Amendment Act 1999 (Cth)

Judiciary Amendment Act 1999

No. 7, 1999

An Act to amend the Judiciary Act 1903, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendment of the Judiciary Act 1903 Schedule 2—Transitional provisions Schedule 3—Consequential amendments Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 Defence (Visiting Forces) Act 1963 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 Freedom of Information Act 1982 Lands Acquisition Act 1989 Lands Acquisition (Northern Territory Pastoral Leases) Act 1981 National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978

Judiciary Amendment Act 1999

No. 7, 1999

An Act to amend the Judiciary Act 1903, and for related purposes

[Assented to 31 March 1999]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Judiciary Amendment Act 1999.

2 Commencement (1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the items of Schedules 1, 2 and 3 commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation. (3) If an item to which subsection (2) applies does not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.

3 Schedule(s) Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Judiciary Act 1903

1 Section 2 Insert: AGS means the Australian Government Solicitor established under Division 2 of Part VIIIB.