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Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1951

Authoritative Version
  • - C1951A00043
  • No longer in force
Act No. 43 of 1951 as made
An Act to amend the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1950 and the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1950.
Date of Assent 07 Dec 1951
Date of repeal 24 Jun 2014
Repealed by Amending Acts 1901 to 1969 Repeal Act 2014

DEFENCE (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS).

 

No. 43 of 1951.

An Act to amend the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1950 and the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1950.

[Assented to 7th December, 1951.]

Preamble.

WHEREAS, by virtue of the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946, as subsequently amended, certain Regulations, orders and other instruments were declared to be maintained in force until the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine

 

hundred and fifty-one, for the purpose of bringing about a gradual and orderly return from war conditions to conditions of peace:

And Whereas for that purpose it is desirable that certain of those Regulations, orders and other instruments should be maintained in force until the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-two:

And Whereas, for the further purpose of assisting to meet the increasing defence requirements and commitments of Australia as a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations and of the United Nations, it is desirable that certain of those Regulations, orders and other instruments should be in force until the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-two:

Be it therefore enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)  This Act may be cited as the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1951.

(2.)    The Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1950, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1951.

(3.)    The Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1950, as amended by this Act. may be cited as the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1950-1951.

Commencement.

2.  This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Operation of certain Regulations.

3.  Section six of the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1950 is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the word “fifty-one” and inserting in its stead the word “fifty-two”.

Certain instruments to be in force by virtue of this Act.

4.  Section four of the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1950 is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the word “fifty-one” and inserting in its stead the word “fifty-two”.