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Norfolk Island Act 1979
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Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
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C2015C00274
18 June 2015
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30 June 2016
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Repeals
4 Interpretation
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Part II—Administration
5 Administrator and Administration
6 Appointment of Administrator
7 Exercise of Administrator’s powers etc.
7A Delegation by the Administrator
8 Acting Administrator
9 Executive Director
10 Employees
10A Persons assisting the Administration
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Part III—Norfolk Island Advisory Council
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Division 1—Introduction
11 Simplified outline
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Division 2—Norfolk Island Advisory Council’s establishment and functions
12 Norfolk Island Advisory Council
13 Functions of the Advisory Council
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Division 3—Membership of the Advisory Council
14 Membership of the Advisory Council
14A Appointment of members of the Advisory Council
14B Period of appointment for members of the Advisory Council
14C Acting members of the Advisory Council
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Division 4—Terms and conditions for members of the Advisory Council
14D Remuneration
14E Disclosure of interests to the responsible Commonwealth Minister
14F Resignation
14G Termination of appointment
14H Other terms and conditions
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Division 5—Other matters
14J Procedures
14K Minutes
14L Assistance to the Advisory Council
14M Obtaining advice
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Part IV—Legislation
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Division 1—Laws
15 Laws in force in the Territory
16 Continuance of laws in force immediately before 7 August 1979
16A Continuance of certain laws in force immediately before the interim transition time
17 Amendment and repeal of existing laws
18 Application of Commonwealth Acts
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Division 2—Legislative powers of the Governor-General
19A Governor-General may make Ordinances
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Division 3—Inconsistency of laws
29 Inconsistency of Legislative Assembly laws with old Ordinances
30 Inconsistency of section 19A Ordinances with the regulations
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Part VI—Finance
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Division 1—Public Account of Norfolk Island
47 Public Account of Norfolk Island
48 Withdrawals from Public Account of Norfolk Island
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Division 2—Financial management and accountability
48A Preparation of annual budgets by the Administrator
48B Preparation of annual financial statements by the Administrator
48C Audit of annual financial statements
48D Audit fees for statement audits
48E Performance audits
48F Comments on proposed performance audit report
48G Audits—application of the Auditor-General Act 1997
48H Preparation of periodic financial statements by the Administrator
48J Preparation of annual report by Chief Executive Officer
48K Administrator may obtain information from the responsible manager or managers of a Territory authority
48L Chief Executive Officer may obtain information from the responsible manager or managers of a Territory authority
48M Promoting efficient, effective and ethical use etc. of Administration resources
48N Promoting efficient, effective and ethical use etc. of the resources of Territory authorities
48P Accounts and records of the Administration
48Q Accounts and records of Territory authorities
48R Regulations about financial management and accountability—Administration
48S Regulations about financial management and accountability—Territory authorities
48T Commonwealth Finance Minister’s Orders
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Division 3—Borrowing etc.
49 Borrowing from Commonwealth
50 Borrowings otherwise than from Commonwealth
50A Guarantee of borrowings
50B Administration may give security
50C Borrowings not otherwise permitted
50D Delegation by Commonwealth Finance Minister
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Division 4—Commonwealth Ministers to be kept informed
51 Administrator must keep responsible Commonwealth Minister informed
51A Administrator must keep Commonwealth Finance Minister informed
51B Responsible manager or managers of Territory authority must keep responsible Commonwealth Minister informed
51C Responsible manager or managers of Territory authority must keep Commonwealth Finance Minister informed
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Division 5—Commonwealth Financial Officer for Norfolk Island
51D Commonwealth Financial Officer for Norfolk Island
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Division 6—Injunctions
51E Injunctions—enforcement of financial management and accountability provisions
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Part VII—The Judicial System
52 Constitution of Supreme Court
53 Appointment of Judges
53A Acting Chief Justice
54 Seniority of Judges
55 Holding of other judicial offices
56 Salaries and travelling allowances
57 Oath or affirmation of Judge
58 Exercise of jurisdiction
59 Jurisdiction of Supreme Court
60 Establishment of courts and tribunals
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Part VIII—Miscellaneous
61 Appointment of officers
61A Norfolk Island Public Service Values
62 Disposal of land
64 Customs duty on certain goods
66 Grant of pardon, remission etc.
67 Regulations
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Part IX—Transitional provisions that commenced in 1979
68 Interpretation
69 Election of Legislative Assembly
70 Administrator etc. to continue in office
71 Proposed Ordinances and regulations
72 Laying of Ordinances before the Parliament
73 Validity of Ordinances and enactments
74 Contracts and agreements
75 Public Account of Norfolk Island
76 Audit
77 Regulations
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Schedules
Schedule 1—The Territory of Norfolk Island
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history