Territory of Christmas Island

Christmas Island Legislation Amendment (2014 Measures No. 1) Ordinance 2014

Ordinance No. 2, 2014

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance.

Dated 16 October 2014

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Jamie Briggs

Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development

Contents

1 Name of Ordinance

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendments

Applied Laws (Implementation) Ordinance 1992

Importation of Dogs and Cats Ordinance 1973

Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Legislation Amendment Ordinance 2001 (No. 1)

1  Name of Ordinance

  This Ordinance is the Christmas Island Legislation Amendment (2014 Measures No. 1) Ordinance 2014.

2  Commencement

  This Ordinance commences on the day after it is registered.

3  Authority

  This Ordinance is made under the Christmas Island Act 1958.

4  Schedule(s)

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Applied Laws (Implementation) Ordinance 1992

1  Title

Repeal the title.

2  Section 1

Repeal the section, substitute:

1  Name of Ordinance

  This Ordinance is the Applied Laws (General) Ordinance 1992.

3  After Part 36 of Schedule 1

Insert:

Part 36A—Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966 (WA)(CI)

1  Division 1 of Schedule 1A (after table item dealing with the port of Carnarvon)

Insert:

2  Division 2 of Schedule 1A (after the plan for the port of Carnarvon)

Insert:

Importation of Dogs and Cats Ordinance 1973

4  Title

Repeal the title.

5  Section 1

Repeal the section, substitute:

1  Name of Ordinance

  This Ordinance is the Importation of Dogs and Cats Ordinance 1973.

6  Section 2 (definition of assistance animal)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

assistance animal means a dog or other animal:

 (a) accredited under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the accreditation of animals trained to assist a person with a disability to alleviate the effect of the disability; or

 (b) accredited by an animal training organisation prescribed for paragraph 9(2)(b) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992; or

 (c) trained:

 (i) to assist a person with a disability to alleviate the effect of the disability; and

 (ii) to meet standards of hygiene and behaviour that are appropriate for an animal in a public place.

7  Subsection 3(1)

Omit “subregulation”, substitute “subsection”.

Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Legislation Amendment Ordinance 2001 (No. 1)

8  Title

Repeal the title.

9  Section 1

Repeal the section, substitute:

1  Name of Ordinance

  This Ordinance is the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Legislation Ordinance 2001.

10  Section 5

Repeal the section.

11  After item 10 of Schedule 1

Insert:

10A  Section 7, heading

Repeal the heading, substitute:

7  Liability of approved insurer

12  Item 20 of Schedule 1 (section 34)

Repeal the section, substitute:

34  Delegation

  The Minister may, in writing, delegate any of his or her powers or functions under this Act, except a power vested in the Minister under subsection 8G(1) of the Christmas Island Act 1958.

13  Schedule 3

Repeal the schedule.