Age of Majority Act 1980 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

AGE OF MAJORITY ACT 1980

Act No. 33 of 1980

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Age attained on anniversary of birthday 4. Age of majority 18 years 5. Construction of laws and instruments made after commencing date 6. Construction of wills made before the commencing date 7. Distribution of intestacy 8. Moneys payable under judgments, etc 9. Savings

NORFOLK ISLAND

Age of Majority Act 1980

Act No. 33 of 1980

An Act relating to the age of majority [Reserved for assent 30 October 1980] [Assented to 22 December 1980] BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island as follows  Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Age of Majority Act 1980. Commencement 2. (1) This Act shall come into operation on a date fixed by the Administrator by notice published n the Gazette. (2) That date is, in this Act, referred to as "the commencing date". Age attained on anniversary of birthday 3. For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be taken  (a) to attain the age of 18 years on the eighteenth anniversary of the date of his birth; and (b) to attain the age of 21 years on the twenty-first anniversary of the date of his birth. Age of majority 18 years 4. (1) Subject to this Act, a person attains full age for all purposes of the law of Norfolk Island when he attains the age of 18 years. (2) A person who has attained the age of 18 years is not subject to any want of legal capacity by reason only of his age. (3) Where, on the commencing date, a person had attained the age of 18 years but had not attained the age of 21 years, the provisions of this Act apply to, and in relation to, that person as if he had attained the age of 18 years on that date.