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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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C2016C00945 C17
21 October 2016
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22 May 2018
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Repeals
4 Interpretation
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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
18A Application of New South Wales laws
18B Powers and functions under the applied New South Wales laws
18C Arrangements with the Government of New South Wales
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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 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
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