COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

  

 

Government House

Canberra ACT 2600

19 April 2018

 

 

 

 

Constitution of the Order of Australia (Number of Appointments in the General Division) Ordinance 2018

It is notified for general information that the Governor-General has approved the Constitution of the Order of Australia (Number of Appointments in the General Division) Ordinance 2018.

 

 

 

 

By Her Majesty’s Command

 

Official Secretary to the Governor-General

 


 

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Constitution of the Order of Australia (Number of Appointments in the General Division) Ordinance 2018

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

Dated  19 April 2018

By His Excellency’s Command

 

               Prime Minister

 

 

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Number of appointments in the General Division

1  Name

  This Ordinance is the Constitution of the Order of Australia (Number of Appointments in the General Division) Ordinance 2018.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this Ordinance specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this Ordinance

The day this Ordinance is made.

 

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Ordinance as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Ordinance.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Ordinance. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Ordinance.

3  Authority

  This Ordinance is made under section 30A of the Constitution of the Order of Australia.

4  Definitions

  In this Ordinance:

Constitution means the Constitution of the Order of Australia.

5  Number of appointments in the General Division

Companions

 (1) For the purposes of section 14 of the Constitution, the number of persons is 35.

Officers

 (2) For the purposes of section 16 of the Constitution, the number of persons is 140.

Members

 (3) For the purposes of section 18 of the Constitution, the number of persons is 365.