Charter of the United Nations Amendment Act 2002

No. 124, 2002

An Act to amend the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945, and for related purposes

Charter of the United Nations Amendment Act 2002

No. 124, 2002

An Act to amend the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945, and for related purposes

[Assented to 10 December 2002]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Charter of the United Nations Amendment Act 2002.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table	The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent	10 December 2002
2. Schedule 1	Immediately after the commencement of Part 4 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945	13 December 2002

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

(2) Column 3 of the table is for additional information that is not part of this Act. This information may be included in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Amendments

Charter of the United Nations Act 1945

1 Subsection 22(1)

After “owner”, insert “or holder”.

2 Subsection 22(2)

After “owner”, insert “or holder”.

3 After subsection 22(3)

Insert:

(3A) The Minister may issue such a notice on his or her own initiative or upon application under subsection (1) or (2).

4 Subsection 22(5)

After “owner”, insert “or holder”.

(232/02)

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 14 November 2002

Senate on 5 December 2002]