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

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

No. 39 of 1983

An Act to make various amendments of the statute law of the Commonwealth, to repeal certain Acts, and for related purposes

[Assented to 20 June 1983]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

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

Commencement 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-section 29 (1) of that Act—be deemed to have come into operation on 31 December 1982. (4) The amendments of the Customs Act 1901 made by this Act shall— (a) in the case of the amendments of 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 Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982; (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 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 Defence Force Re-organization Act 1975; (b) in the case of the amendment of section 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 Defence Acts Amendment Act 1981 is a later day, on that later day; and (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.