THE TERRITORY OF COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
No. 4 of 1980
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AN ORDINANCE
To amend the Interpretation Ordinance 1955
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955.
Dated this twelfth day of October 1980.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Home Affairs
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INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1980
Short title
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Interpretation (Amendment) Ordinance 1980.[*]
Principal Ordinance
2. In this Ordinance “Principal Ordinance” means the Interpretation Ordinance 1955.[†]
Interpretation
3. Section 5 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting in sub-section (1) after the definition of “Magistrate’s Court” the following definition:
“‘medical practitioner’ means a person who is registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or a Territory of the Commonwealth, or under a law of the United Kingdom, that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners;”.
Heading of Part III
4. Part III of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting the heading and substituting the following heading:
“PART III—PROVISIONS RELATING TO ORDINANCES OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE IN THEIR APPLICATION AS LAWS OF THE TERRITORY”.
References to certain expressions in laws of Singapore
5. Section 18 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—
(a) by omitting from the table in sub-section (1)—
“‘advocate’ or ‘advocate and solicitor’ | A barrister or solicitor as defined in section five of this Ordinance |
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‘the Colony’, ‘the Colony of Singapore’ or ‘the Settlement of Singapore’ | The Territory” |
and substituting—
“‘advocate’ or ‘advocate and solicitor’ | A barrister or solicitor as defined in section 5 of this Ordinance |
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‘medical practitioner’ .. .. | A medical practitioner as defined in section 5 of this Ordinance |
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‘the Colony’, ‘Cocos or Keeling Islands’, ‘the Colony of Singapore’ or ‘the Settlement of Singapore’ | The Territory |
‘the Governor’.. .. .. | The Minister”; |
and
(b) by omitting from the table in sub-section (1)—
“‘the Legislative Council’ or ‘the Legislative Assembly’ | The Governor-General” |
and substituting—
“‘the Governor in Council’, ‘the Legislative Council’ or ‘the Legislative Assembly’ | The Governor-General”. |
6. The Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after section 19b the following section:
Other powers and functions under laws of Singapore
“19c. Where an Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore confers a power or function on a person or authority (not being a person or authority specified in the First Column of the table in sub-section 18 (1)) that power or function may be exercised or performed by such person or authority as the Minister directs.”.
References to Singapore currency
7. Section 20 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-sections:
“(2) Where it is necessary for the purposes of sub-section (1) or for the purposes of any Ordinance or law made under an Ordinance to convert an amount expressed in currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore to the equivalent amount in Australian currency, the conversion shall be made on the basis that—
(a) 40 cents in Australian currency is the equivalent of one dollar in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore; and
(b) 0.4 cents in Australian currency is the equivalent of one cent in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore.
“(3) Where a calculation in accordance with sub-section (2) results in the ascertainment of an amount in Australian currency that includes a percentage of a cent, then—
(a) if the percentage is not greater than 0.45, the percentage shall be disregarded; or
(b) if the percentage exceeds 0.45, the amount in cents shall be deemed to be increased by adding one to the number of cents (without the percentage).
“(4) Notwithstanding sub-sections (2) and (3), the equivalent of an amount of 3 cents or less in the currency of the Colony of the Straits Settlements or of the Colony of Singapore shall be deemed to be one cent in Australian currency.”.