ANL Act 1956
Act No. 41 of 1956 as amended 
Consolidated as in force on 5 October 1999
(includes amendments up to Act No. 118 of 1999)
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents
Part I—Preliminary	1
1	Short title [see Note 1]	1
2	Commencement [see Note 1]	1
3	Interpretation	1
4	Operating under a name	3
4A	Subsidiaries	4
6	Extension to Territories	4
Part III—Creation of capital structure and other steps prior to conversion of ANL into public company	5
38	Share capital of ANL	5
39	Issue of shares in ANL	5
40	New name of ANL	6
41	ANL to apply to be registered as company etc.	6
Part IIIA—Conversion of ANL into public company	8
42	ANL taken to be registered under Companies Act	8
43	Memorandum and articles of ANL	8
44	Membership of ANL	9
45	Application of certain provisions of Companies Act	9
46	Accounting records	10
47	Accounts	10
48	Operation of section 25B of Acts Interpretation Act	10
49	Effect of Part—summary	10
Part IV—Use of certain names	12
50	Protected body may operate under protected company name	12
51	Protected body may operate under protected business name	12
52	Other persons not to use protected names	12
53	Exceptions for pre-existing rights	13
54	Use of other names by protected bodies	13
55	Effect on State and Territory laws	13
Part V—Staff Matters	14
56	Employment of staff members continues after transition	14
57	Act not to affect certain matters relating to staff members	14
58	Effect of sections 56 and 57	15
59	Variation of terms and conditions	15
60	Application of Part IV of Public Service Act	15
Part VI—Taxation Matters	16
Division 1—Exemption from certain taxes	16
61	Interpretation	16
62	Exemptions relating to exempt matters	16
63	Authorised person may certify in relation to exemptions	16
Division 2—Application of Income Tax Assessment Act	18
64	ANL to be taken to have had share capital	18
Part VII—Miscellaneous	19
65	ANL not public authority etc.	19
66	Additional powers and functions under State or Territory laws	19
67	Judicial notice of ANL’s seal	19
68	Compensation for acquisition of property	19
69	Regulations	20
Notes 		21

An Act relating to the constitution of ANL as a public company, and for related purposes
Part I—Preliminary
1  Short title [see Note 1]
		This Act may be cited as the ANL Act 1956.
2  Commencement [see Note 1]
		This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
3  Interpretation
		In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
amount includes a nil amount.
ANL means the body corporate that, at the commencement of this section, exists, because of subsection 7(1), under the name “Australian Shipping Commission”.
articles means articles of association.
Australian Capital Territory includes the Jervis Bay Territory.
authorised person means:
	(a)	the Minister; or
	(b)	the holder of an authorising office.
authorising office means an office, in the Department, which is declared by writing signed by the Minister to be an authorising office for the purposes of this definition.
employment, in relation to a staff member, means employment by, or service with, ANL.
group company means:
	(a)	ANL; or
	(b)	a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANL.
liability includes a debt or obligation.
member, in relation to ANL at any time before the transition, includes a Commissioner.
memorandum means memorandum of association.
operate, in relation to a name, has the meaning given by section 4.
property means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description.
protected body means a group company that is a trading corporation, or a financial corporation, within the meaning of paragraph 51(20) of the Constitution.
protected business name means any of the following names:
	(a)	ANL;
	(b) 	Australian National Line;
	(c)	Maritime Agencies of Australia;
	(d)	Searoad;
	(e)	such other names as are prescribed for the purposes of this definition.
protected company name means any of the following names:
	(a)	ANL Limited;
	(b)	such other names as are prescribed for the purposes of this definition.
protected name means a protected business name or a protected company name.
protection time, in relation to a protected name, means the time immediately before:
	(a) 	in the case of a name prescribed for the purposes of the definition of protected business name or protected company name—the name first became so prescribed; or
	(b)	in any other case—the commencement of this section.
registered, in relation to a name, includes reserved.
share, in relation to a body corporate, means a share in the share capital of the body corporate.
staff member means a person who, immediately before the transition, is:
	(a)	the Managing Director of ANL;
	(b)	an officer of ANL; or
	(c)	a temporary or casual employee of ANL.
subsidiary has the meaning given by section 4A.
transfer includes a sale, conveyance or assignment.
transition means the commencement of Part IIIA.
wholly-owned subsidiary, in relation to a body corporate (in this definition called the holding body), means a body corporate:
	(a)	that is a subsidiary of the holding body;
	(b)	none of whose members is a person other than:
	(i)	the holding body;
	(ii)	a body corporate that is, under any other application or applications of this definition, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the holding body; or
	(iii) 	a nominee of the holding body or of a body of a kind referred to in subparagraph (ii); and
	(c)	no share in which is beneficially owned by a person other than:
	(i)	the holding body; or
	(ii)	a body of a kind referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii).
4  Operating under a name
		A reference in this Act to a body operating in a State or Territory under a particular name includes a reference to the body engaging in conduct that, for the purposes of a law in force in the State or Territory, constitutes:
	(a)	in any case—using the name in the State or Territory;
	(b)	if the name is the body’s name—establishing a place of business, or carrying on business, within the State or Territory; or
	(c)	if paragraph (b) does not apply—carrying on business under the name in the State or Territory.
4A  Subsidiaries
		For the purposes of this Act, the question whether a body corporate is a subsidiary of another body corporate shall be determined in the same manner as the question whether a corporation is a subsidiary of another corporation is determined under the Companies Act 1981.
6  Extension to Territories
		This Act extends to every external Territory.
Part III—Creation of capital structure and other steps prior to conversion of ANL into public company
38  Share capital of ANL
	(1)	As from the commencement of this Part, ANL shall have a share capital.
	(2)	The amount of the share capital shall be equal to the amount that subsection 39(1) requires to be applied as mentioned in that subsection.
	(3)	The share capital shall be divided into shares of $1 each.
	(4)	As from the transition, this section has effect subject to the  Companies Act 1981.
39  Issue of shares in ANL
	(1)	As soon as practicable after the commencement of this Part, ANL shall apply the capital that it has at that commencement in paying up, in full, shares in ANL.
	(2)	If the amount of the capital is not a multiple of $1, subsection (1) applies as if the amount were reduced to the nearest multiple of $1.
	(3)	As soon as practicable after complying with subsection (1), ANL shall issue the shares paid up under that subsection:
	(a)	to the Commonwealth; or
	(b)	to nominees of the Commonwealth;
as the Minister directs in writing.
	(4)	The issue of shares under subsection (3) discharges in full ANL’s obligations to repay the capital to the Commonwealth.
	(5)	The shares issued under subsection (3) shall be taken to have been issued for valuable consideration other than cash, being the discharge effected by subsection (4).
	(6)	A person is not a member of ANL at any time before the transition merely because the person holds shares in ANL.
40  New name of ANL
	(1)	On the day immediately before the transition, ANL’s name is, by force of this subsection, changed to ANL Limited.
	(2)	Subsection 65(5) of the Companies Act 1981 applies in relation to the change of name made by subsection (1) as if:
	(a)	ANL were a company, within the meaning of that Act, when the change was made; and
	(b)	the change were made under that Act.
	(3)	This section has effect in spite of anything in the Companies Act 1981, but nothing in this section prevents:
	(a)	ANL from later changing its name under section 65 of that Act; or
	(b)	the cancellation, under Division 2 of Part III of that Act, of the registration of a name.
41  ANL to apply to be registered as company etc.
	(1)	ANL shall, on the day immediately before the transition:
	(a)	apply to the National Companies and Securities Commission under subsection 85(1) of the Companies Act 1981 to be registered as a company limited by shares within the meaning of that Act;
	(b)	apply to the National Companies and Securities Commission under subsection 55(1) of the Companies Act 1981 for the reservation of the name “ANL Limited”; and
	(c)	lodge with the National Companies and Securities Commission a proposed memorandum, and proposed articles, for ANL.
	(2)	The application mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) shall, subject to the regulations, be accompanied by the documents required by subsection 85(4) of the Companies Act 1981 to accompany such an application.
	(3)	The applications mentioned in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) shall be made to the National Companies and Securities Commission by delivering them to the office of the Corporate Affairs Commission for the Australian Capital Territory, and the documents mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) and subsection (2) shall be lodged with the National Companies and Securities Commission by lodging them at that office.
	(4)	ANL shall be taken to be entitled to make the applications referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), and to lodge the documents mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) and subsection (2).
	(5)	The National Companies and Securities Commission shall be taken:
	(a)	to have been required to reserve the name “ANL Limited” under subsection 55(2) of the Companies Act 1981; and
	(b)	to have so reserved that name immediately after the making of the application mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).
Part IIIA—Conversion of ANL into public company
42  ANL taken to be registered under Companies Act
	(1)	The National Companies and Securities Commission shall be taken:
	(a)	to have been required to grant the application mentioned in paragraph 41(1)(a) and to register ANL as a company under subsection 86(2) of the Companies Act 1981;
	(b)	to have granted the application at the commencement of this Part;
	(c)	to have so registered ANL, at the commencement of this Part:
	(i)	by the name “ANL Limited”; and
	(ii)	in accordance with subsections 86(3) and (4) of that Act, as a public company, and as a company limited by shares, within the meaning of that Act; and
	(d)	to have registered the name “ANL Limited” in relation to ANL at the commencement of this Part, under subsection 55(4) of the Companies Act 1981.
	(2)	The date of commencement of ANL’s registration as a company under Division 4 of Part III of the Companies Act 1981 shall be taken to be the day of commencement of this Part.
	(3)	For the purposes of Division 4 of Part III of the Companies Act 1981, ANL shall be taken to have been on the day before the commencement of this Part, and to be at that commencement, a corporation within the meaning of that Act.
43  Memorandum and articles of ANL
	(1)	As from the commencement of this Part, the proposed memorandum, and the proposed articles, lodged under paragraph 41(1)(c):
	(a)	are respectively the memorandum, and the articles, of ANL; and
	(b)	bind ANL and its members accordingly.
	(2)	As from the commencement of this Part, the Companies Act 1981 applies in relation to ANL’s memorandum and articles as if they had been registered as such under that Act.
44  Membership of ANL
	(1)	A person who immediately before the commencement of this Part was, or was acting as, a member of ANL ceases at that commencement to be, or to act as, such a member.
	(2)	Each person who holds shares in ANL at the commencement of this Part becomes, by force of this subsection, a member of ANL at that commencement.
	(3)	A person referred to in subsection (2) is, in relation to membership of ANL, entitled to the same rights, privileges and benefits, and is subject to the same duties, liabilities and obligations, as if the person had become a member of ANL under ANL’s memorandum and articles.
45  Application of certain provisions of Companies Act
	(1)	If all the shares in ANL are beneficially owned by the Commonwealth, subsection 82(1), and paragraph 364(1)(d), of the Companies Act 1981 do not apply in relation to ANL, and subsection 244(6) of that Act applies in relation to ANL as if:
	(a)	the Commonwealth were a holding company, within the meaning of that subsection, of ANL;
	(b)	the Commonwealth held the whole of the issued shares in ANL; and
	(c)	the Minister were a representative of the Commonwealth authorised under subsection 244(3) of that Act.
	(2)	Paragraph 86(6)(b) and subsections 87(4) and 90(5) of the Companies Act 1981 do not apply in relation to ANL.
	(3)	For the purposes of section 360 of the Companies Act 1981, a person is not a past member of ANL merely because he or she was a member of ANL, or acted as a member of ANL, before the commencement of this Part.
46  Accounting records
		For the purposes of the Companies Act 1981, accounts and records kept under section 63F of the Audit Act 1901 (as that section applied to ANL because of this Act) shall be taken to be accounting records kept by ANL under a provision of a previous law of the Australian Capital Territory, being a provision corresponding to section 267 of the Companies Act 1981.
47  Accounts
	(1)	This section has effect for the purposes of:
	(a)	the Companies Act 1981; and
	(b)	the Companies (Transitional Provisions) Act 1981 as it applies in relation to, and in relation to persons and matters associated with, ANL because of subsection 90(6) of the Companies Act 1981.
	(2)	A report and financial statements that were prepared under section 63H of the Audit Act 1901 (as that section applied to ANL because of this Act) in relation to a period and furnished to the Minister on a particular day shall be taken to be a profit and loss account of ANL that was:
	(a)	made out in relation to that period; and
	(b)	laid before the body at an annual general meeting of the body held on that day.
48  Operation of section 25B of Acts Interpretation Act
		Nothing in this Act or in the Companies Act 1981 affects, or is affected by, section 25B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as that section applies in relation to ANL.
49  Effect of Part—summary
		After the commencement of this Part:
	(a)	ANL is a company registered under the Companies Act 1981;
	(b)	ANL’s name is “ANL Limited”;
	(c)	ANL is a public company, and a company limited by shares, within the meaning of that Act; and
	 (d)	that Act applies, subject to this Act, in relation to ANL.
Part IV—Use of certain names
50  Protected body may operate under protected company name
		A protected body whose name is a protected company name may operate under the name in a State or Territory even if the name is not registered in relation to the body under a particular law, or any law, in force in the State or Territory.
51  Protected body may operate under protected business name
	(1)	A protected body may operate under a protected business name in a State or Territory even if the name is not registered in relation to the body under a particular law, or any law, in force in the State or Territory.
	(2)	Nothing in this section permits more than one body to operate under the same name at the same time in the same State or Territory.
52  Other persons not to use protected names
	(1)	A person other than a protected body shall not:
	(a)	use in relation to a business, trade, profession or occupation;
	(b)	use as the name, or as part of the name, of any firm, body corporate, institution, premises, vehicle, ship or craft (including aircraft);
	(c)	apply, as a trade mark or otherwise, to goods imported, manufactured, produced, sold, offered for sale or let for hire; or
	(d)	use in relation to:
	(i)	goods or services; or
	(ii)	the promotion, by any means, of the supply or use of goods or services;
a protected name, or a name so closely resembling a protected name as to be likely to be mistaken for it.
Penalty:	$1,000.
	(2)	Nothing in subsection (1) limits anything else in that subsection.
53  Exceptions for pre-existing rights
	(1)	Nothing in section 52, so far as it applies in relation to a particular protected name, affects rights conferred by law on a person in relation to:
	(a)	a trade mark that is registered under the Trade Marks Act 1955; or
	(b)	a design that is registered under the Designs Act 1906;
and was so registered at the protection time in relation to the name.
	(2)	Nothing in section 52, so far as it applies in relation to a particular protected name, affects the use, or rights conferred by law relating to the use, of a name (in this subsection called the relevant name) by a person in a particular manner if, at the protection time in relation to the protected name, the person:
	(a)	was using the relevant name in good faith in that manner; or
	 (b)	would have been entitled to prevent another person from passing off, by means of the use of the relevant name or a similar name, goods or services as the goods or services of the first-mentioned person.
54  Use of other names by protected bodies
		This Part does not prevent a protected body from operating in a State or Territory under a name other than a protected name.
55  Effect on State and Territory laws
		This Part does not prevent a protected body from registering a name under a law of a State or Territory.
Part V—Staff matters
56  Employment of staff members continues after transition
		Subject to this Part, each staff member continues at and after the transition to be employed by ANL on the terms and conditions on which he or she was employed by the body immediately before the transition.
57  Act not to affect certain matters relating to staff members
	(1)	This section has effect for the purposes of the application, at any time at or after the transition, of a law, award, determination or agreement in relation to the employment of a staff member.
	(2)	Neither his or her contract of employment, nor his or her period of employment, shall be taken to have been broken by the operation of this Act.
	(3)	Without limiting section 56 or subsection (2) of this section, this Act does not affect any accrued rights that the staff member had immediately before the transition in relation to any kind of leave.
	(4)	Where:
	(a)	if the staff member had, immediately before the transition, ceased to be employed by ANL, it would have been necessary to take into account a period during which the staff member was employed by ANL or any other person to determine:
	(i)	an amount payable to the staff member; or
	(ii)	a benefit to which the staff member would have been entitled;
		because of his or her so ceasing; and
	(b)	but for this subsection, some or all of that period would not have to be taken into account as a period during which the staff member was employed by ANL;
ANL shall treat the whole of the first-mentioned period as a period during which the staff member was employed by it.
58  Effect of sections 56 and 57
		Sections 56 and 57 are enacted only for the avoidance of doubt and, in particular, do not limit subsection 65(5) or 87(2) of the Companies Act 1981.
59  Variation of terms and conditions
	(1)	It is a term of each staff member’s employment after the transition that the terms and conditions of that employment may be varied to the extent to which, and in the manner in which, the terms and conditions of his or her employment could, immediately before the transition, be varied under this Act.
	(2)	Nothing in this Part prevents the terms and conditions of a staff member’s employment after the transition from being varied:
	(a)	in accordance with those terms and conditions; or
	 (b)	by or under a law, award, determination or agreement.
	(3)	In this section:
terms and conditions includes a term or condition existing because of subsection (1).
vary, in relation to terms and conditions, includes vary by way of:
	(a)	omitting any of those terms and conditions;
	(b)	adding to those terms and conditions; or
	(c)	substituting new terms or conditions for any of those terms and conditions.
60  Application of Part IV of Public Service Act
		For the purposes of the application, after the transition, of Part IV of the Public Service Act 1922 in relation to a staff member, ANL shall be taken to be declared, by regulations in force under that Act, to be a Commonwealth authority for the purposes of that Part.
Part VI—Taxation matters
Division 1—Exemption from certain taxes
61  Interpretation
		In this Division:
exempt matter means:
	(a)	an issue of shares under subsection 39(3);
	(b)	the change of name made by subsection 40(1);
	(c)	the reservation of name made by paragraph 41(5)(b);
	(d)	ANL’s registration as a company by force of this Act;
	(e)	the operation of this Act; or
	(f)	giving effect to a matter referred to in another paragraph of this definition or otherwise giving effect to this Act.
tax includes:
	(a)	sales tax;
	(b)	tax imposed by the Debits Tax Act 1982;
	(d)	stamp duty; and
	(e)	any other tax, fee, duty, levy or charge;
but does not include income tax imposed as such by a law of the Commonwealth.
62  Exemptions relating to exempt matters
		Tax under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory is not payable in relation to:
	(a)	an exempt matter; or
	(b)	anything done (including, for example, a transaction entered into or an instrument or document made, executed, lodged or given) because of, or for a purpose connected with or arising out of, an exempt matter.
63  Authorised person may certify in relation to exemptions
	(1)	An authorised person may, by signed writing, certify that:
	(a)	a specified matter or thing is an exempt matter; or
	(b)	a specified thing was done (including, for example, a transaction entered into or an instrument or document made, executed, lodged or given) because of, or for a purpose connected with or arising out of, a specified exempt matter.
	(2)	For all purposes and in all proceedings, a certificate under subsection (1) is conclusive evidence of the matters certified, except so far as the contrary is established.
Division 2—Application of Income Tax Assessment Act
64  ANL to be taken to have had share capital
		For the purposes of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, ANL shall be taken to have had, at all times before it complies with subsection 39(3) of this Act, a share capital all the issued shares in which were, at all such times, beneficially owned by the Commonwealth.
Part VII—Miscellaneous
65  ANL not public authority etc.
		ANL, as it exists after the transition, shall be taken for the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory:
	(a)	not to have been incorporated or established for a public purpose or for a purpose of the Commonwealth; and
	(b)	not to be a public authority or an instrumentality or agency of the Crown;
except so far as express provision is made by a law of the Commonwealth, State or Territory, as the case may be.
66  Additional powers and functions under State or Territory laws
	(1)	It is the intention of the Parliament that ANL should have such additional powers and functions as are conferred on it by or under a law of a State or Territory.
	(2)	Subsection (1) has effect subject to the regulations.
67  Judicial notice of ANL’s seal
	(1)	All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the imprint of the seal of ANL appearing on a document and shall presume that it was duly affixed.
	(2)	Subsection (1) applies in relation to an imprint that was affixed, or appears to have been affixed, before the transition.
68  Compensation for acquisition of property
	(1)	Where, but for this section, the operation of this Act would result in the acquisition of property from a person otherwise than on just terms, there is payable to the person by ANL such reasonable amount of compensation as is agreed on between the person and ANL or, failing agreement, as is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
	(2)	Any damages or compensation recovered or other remedy given in proceedings that are instituted otherwise than under this section shall be taken into account in assessing compensation payable in proceedings that are instituted under this section and that arise out of the same event or transaction.
	(3)	In this section, acquisition of property and just terms have the same respective meanings as in paragraph 51(31) of the Constitution.
69  Regulations
		The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters:
	(a)	required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
	(b)	necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

Notes to the ANL Act 1956
Note 1
The ANL Act 1956 as shown in this consolidation comprises Act No. 41, 1956 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts
Act	Number 
and year	Date 
of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	
Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1956	41, 1956	30 June 1956	1 Oct 1956 (see Gazette 1956, p. 2917)		
Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1962	87, 1962	14 Dec 1962	11 Jan 1963	—	
Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1964	88, 1964	5 Nov 1964	5 Nov 1964	—	
Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1966	4, 1966	1 Apr 1966	29 Apr 1966	—	
Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1968	145, 1968	9 Dec 1968	9 Dec 1968	—	
Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1969	55, 1969	14 June 1969	14 June 1969	—	
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10	
Australian Shipping Commission Act 1974	83, 1974	18 Oct 1974	18 Oct 1974	S. 22	
Australian Shipping Commission Amendment Act 1977	153, 1977	10 Nov 1977	10 Nov 1977	—	
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978	S. 8	
Australian Shipping Commission Amendment Act 1980	39, 1980	23 May 1980	23 May 1980	—	
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982 	26, 1982	7 May 1982	Part IX (ss. 70 and 71): 6 Mar 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S85) (a)	—	
Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983	115, 1983	16 Dec 1983	S. 41: 1 June 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S201) (b)	— 	
Australian Shipping Commission Amendment Act 1983	127, 1983	22 Dec 1983	19 Jan 1984	Ss. 4(2), (3), 8(2)‑(4), 10(2), 12(2), (3), 14(2), (3), 15(2) and (3)	
as amended by					
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984	165, 1984	25 Oct 1984	S. 3: (c)	S. 2(32)	
Radiocommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1983	136, 1983	22 Dec 1983	27 Aug 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette  1985, No. S322)	—	
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1984	72, 1984	25 June 1984	S. 3: (d)	S. 2(24)	
 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: 3 July 1985 (e)	—	
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1986	76, 1986	24 June 1986	S. 3: Royal Assent (f)	S. 9	
Statutory Instruments (Tabling and Disallowance) Legislation Amendment Act 1988	99, 1988	2 Dec 1988	2 Dec 1988	—	
Government Business Enterprises (Miscellaneous Reforms) Act 1988	123, 1988	14 Dec 1988	Part II (ss. 3-12): 26 Jan 1989
Part VI (ss. 26-31): 1 Jan 1989 (see Gazette  1988 No. S399)
Part VII (ss. 32-37): 14 Nov 1988
Remainder: Royal Assent	—	
ANL (Conversion into Public Company) Act 1988	127, 1988	14 Dec 1988	Ss. 6, 7(2), 9 and 11: 1 July 1989 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 1989 No. S210)
S. 7(1): 10 June 1989 (g)
S. 7(3): 1 July 1989
Remainder: Royal Assent 	—	
ANL Sale Act 1995	136, 1995	5 Dec 1995	(h)	—	
Statute Stocktake Act 1999	118, 1999	22 Sept 1999	22 Sept 1999	—	

(a)	The Australian Shipping Commission Act 1956 was amended by Part IX (sections 70 and 71) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
	(2)	Part IX shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the date of commencement of the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981.
(b)	The Australian Shipping Commission Act 1956 was amended by section 41 only of the Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
	(2)	Sections 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 16, subsection 22(3) and sections 27, 39, 40, 41 and 43 shall come into operation on a date, or respective dates, to be fixed by Proclamation.
(c)	The Australian Shipping Commission Amendment Act 1983 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984, subsection 2(6) of which provides as follows:
	(6)	The amendments of the Australian Shipping Commission Amendment Act 1983 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 19 January 1984.
(d)	The Australian Shipping Commission Act 1956 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1984, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
	(4)	The amendment of the Australian Shipping Commission Act 1956 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 19 January 1984.
(e)	The Australian Shipping Commission Act 1956 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
	(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.
(f)	The Australian Shipping Commission Act 1956 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1986, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
	(1) 	Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(g)	The Australian Shipping Commission Act 1956 was amended by the ANL (Conversion into Public Company) Act 1988, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
	(2) 	Subsection 7(1) commences on the day immediately after the day on which subsection 39(3) of the Principal Act as amended is complied with.
	The date on which the Australian Shipping Commission certified that the requirements of subsection 39(3) had been complied with was 9 June 1989.
(h)	The ANL Sale Act 1995 was repealed by section 79 of that Act before coming into operation.

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted	
Provision affected	How affected	
Title		am. No. 83, 1974	
	rs. No. 173, 1988	
S. 1		am. No. 127, 1988	
Ss. 3, 4		rep. No. 216, 1973	
	ad. No. 127, 1988	
S. 4A		ad. No. 127, 1988	
S. 5		am. No. 87, 1962; No. 216, 1973	
	rs. No. 83, 1974	
	am. No. 153, 1977; No. 39, 1980; No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 6		am. No. 216, 1973; No. 127, 1983	
Heading to Part II		am. No. 83, 1974	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
Div.1 of Part II 	
(ss. 7, 8, 8A, 9, 9A-9B, 10-13, 13A, 14,14A)	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 7		rs. No. 83, 1974	
	am. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 8		am. No. 216, 1973	
	rs. No. 83, 1974	
	am. No. 153, 1977	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	am. No. 123, 1988	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 8A		ad. No. 83, 1974	
	am. No. 153, 1977	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	am. No. 123, 1988	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
Ss. 8B, 8C		ad. No. 83, 1974	
	rep. No. 127, 1983	
S. 9		am. No. 83, 1974	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
Ss. 9A, 9B		ad. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 10		rs. No. 127, 1983	
	am. No. 123, 1988	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 11		rs. No. 83, 1974; No. 127, 1983	
	am. No. 123, 1988	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 12		rs. No. 127, 1983	
	am. No. 123, 1988	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 13		am. No. 83, 1974	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 13A		ad. No. 83, 1974	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	am. No. 123, 1988	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 14		am. No. 83, 1974	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 14A		ad. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
Div. 2 and 3 of Part II 	
(ss. 15, 16, 16A, 17-19, 19A, 19B, 26, 27)	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 15		am. No. 216, 1973; No. 83, 1974; No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 16		am. No. 4, 1966; No. 145, 1968; No. 55, 1969; No. 216, 1973; No. 83, 1974; No. 153, 1977; No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 16A		ad. No. 153, 1977	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 17		am. No. 83, 1974; No. 153, 1977	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 17A		ad. No. 153, 1977	
	rep. No. 127, 1983	
S. 18		am. No. 145, 1968; No. 216, 1973; No. 83, 1974; No. 153,1977	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 19		am. No. 145, 1968	
	rs. No. 153, 1977	
	am. No. 39, 1980	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 19A		ad. No. 127, 1983	
	am. No. 72, 1984	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 19B		ad. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
Division 2A of Part II	
(ss. 20A-20J)	ad. No. 123, 1988
rep. No. 127, 1988	
Ss. 20A-20J		ad. No. 123, 1988	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 21		am. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 22		am. No. 88, 1964; No. 4, 1966; No. 216, 1973; No. 83, 1974	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 23		rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 123, 1988	
S. 24A		ad. No. 83, 1974	
	rep. No. 153, 1977	
S. 25		am. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 115, 1983	
S. 26		am. Nos. 127 and 115, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 27		am. No. 216, 1973; No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
Div. 4 of Part II(ss. 28, 29, 29A, 30-32, 32A‑32C, 33 35,35A, 36, 37)	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 28		rs. No. 216, 1973	
	am. No. 83, 1974; No. 153, 1977; No. 36, 1978; No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 129, 1988	
S. 29		am. No. 83, 1974; No. 153, 1977	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 29A		ad. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 30		am. No. 87, 1962	
	rs. No. 88, 1964	
	am. No. 4, 1966; No. 83, 1974; No. 153, 1977; No. 36, 1978	
	rs. No. 39, 1980	
	am. No. 127, 1983; No. 76, 1986	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
Ss. 30A-30E		ad. No. 39, 1980	
	rep. No. 127, 1983	
S. 31		am. No. 87, 1962	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	am. No. 76, 1986	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 32		am. No. 87, 1962; No. 88, 1964; No. 83, 1974; No.153, 1977	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
Ss. 32A, 32B		ad. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 32C		ad. No. 76, 1986	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 33		am. No. 83, 1974; No. 153, 1977; No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988 	
Ss. 34, 35		rs. No. 83, 1974; No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 35A		ad. No. 123, 1988	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 36		am. No. 216, 1973	
	rs. No. 83, 1974; No. 153, 1977	
	am. No. 39, 1980; No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 37		rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
Div. 5 of Part II	
(ss. 37-39)	rep. No. 127, 1983	
Ss. 37, 38		rep. No. 127, 1983	
S. 39		am. No. 83, 1974; No. 153, 1977; No. 36, 1978	
	rep. No. 127, 1983	
Part III	
(ss. 40-43)	rep. No. 216, 1973	
Ss. 40-43		rep. No. 216, 1973	
Part III	
(ss. 38-41)	ad. No. 127, 1988	
Ss. 38-41		ad. No. 127, 1988	
Part IIIA	
(ss. 42-49)	ad. No. 127, 1988	
Ss. 42-49		ad. No. 127, 1988	
Part IV	
(ss. 44-48)	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 44		am. No. 83, 1974	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 45		am. No. 83, 1974; No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 46		rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 47		am. No. 83, 1974; No. 153, 1977; No. 36, 1978	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 99, 1988	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 48		am. No. 4, 1966; No. 83, 1974	
	rs. No. 127, 1983	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
S. 49		am. No. 4, 1966; No. 83, 1974	
	rep. No. 127, 1983	
S. 50		am. No. 4, 1966	
	rep. No. 127, 1983	
Parts IV-VII	
(ss. 50-69)	ad. No. 127, 1988	
Ss. 50-60		ad. No. 127, 1988	
S. 61		ad. No. 127, 1988	
	am. No. 118, 1999	
Ss. 62-69		ad. No. 127, 1988	
Heading to the Schedules		rep. No. 83, 1974	
First, Second Schedules		rep. No. 216, 1973	
Heading to Third Schedule		rep. No. 83, 1974	
Third Schedule		am. No. 87, 1962; No. 145, 1968	
Heading to Schedule		ad. No. 83, 1974	
	rep. No. 127, 1988	
Schedule		am. No. 153, 1977; No. 26, 1982; No. 127, 1983 (as am. by No. 165, 1984); No. 136, 1983 	
	rep. No. 127, 1988