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Currency Act 1965
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C2016C01090 C06
21 October 2016
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
4 Interpretation
5 Extension to external Territories
6 Act binds the Crown
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Part II—Currency
7 Repeal
8 Monetary unit and denominations of money
9 Transactions to be in Australian currency
10 References to previous currency to be construed as references to currency under this Act
11 Payments to be made in currency under this Act
12 Forms
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Part III—Coinage
13 Standard composition of coins
13A Standard weight, design and dimension of coins
14 Treasurer may issue coins
14A Issue price of coins of certain denominations
15 Treasurer may issue coins under repealed Acts for limited time
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Part IV—Legal tender
16 Legal tender
17 Coins called in not legal tender
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Part V—Transitional provisions
18 Transactions may be in previous currency during transition period
19 Payments during and after transition period
20 Concurrent legal tender
21 Duration of section 18
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Part VI—Miscellaneous
22 Prohibition of other than official coins
23 Coins may be called in
24 Certain days to be non-business days for purposes of Bills of Exchange Act
25 Special provision with respect to certain cheques
26 Regulations
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Schedule—Standard compositions of coins
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
