Statutory Rules

1974 No. 120

REGULATION UNDER THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA (APPLICATION OF LAWS) ACT 1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Papua New Guinea (Application of Laws) Act 1973.

Dated this second day of July, 1974.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. L. MORRISON

Minister of State for Science for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

Amendment of the Papua New Guinea (Application of Laws) Regulation †

After regulation 8 of the Papua New Guinea (Application of Laws) Regulations the following regulations are added:—

Cessation of part of Canned Fruits Export Marketing Act 1963-1973.

“9. Section 34 of the Canned Fruits Export Marketing Act 1963-1973 shall cease to have effect as part of the law of Papua New Guinea on and from the date of commencement of this regulation.

Cessation of part of Dried Fruits Export Control Act 1924-1973.

“10. Section 23 of the Dried Fruits Export Control Act 1924-1973 shall cease to have effect as part of the law of Papua New Guinea on and from the date of commencement of this regulation.

Cessation of part of Honey industry Act 1962-1973.

“11. Section 28 of the Honey Industry Act 1962-1973 shall cease to have effect as part of the law of Papua New Guinea on and from the date of commencement of this regulation.

Cessation of part of Meat Industry Act 1964-1973.

“12. Section 38 of the Meat Industry Act 1964-1973 shall cease to have effect as part of the law of Papua New Guinea on and from the date of commencement of this regulation.

Cessation of part of Wool Industry Act 1972-1973.

“13. Section 87 of the Wool Industry Act 1972-1973 shall cease to have effect as part of the law of Papua New Guinea on and from the date of commencement of this regulation.

Cessation of part of Tobacco Marketing Act 1965-1973.

“14. Section 25 of the Tobacco Marketing Act 1965-1973 shall cease to have effect as part of the law of Papua New Guinea on and from the date of commencement of this regulation.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 15 July 1974.

† Statutory Rules 1973, No. 243, as amended by Statutory Rules 1974, No. 94.

Cessation of Fisheries Act 1952-1974.

“15. (1) The Fisheries Act 1952-1974 shall cease to have effect as part of the law of Papua New Guinea on and from the date of commencement of this regulation.

“(2) In the continued application of the Fisheries Act 1952-1974 as part of the law of Australia in relation to Papua New Guinea, the several courts of Papua New Guinea no longer have jurisdiction with respect to offences against that Act or the Regulations under that Act that are committed outside Australia and the Territories.

“(3) Where proceedings with respect to an offence against the Fisheries Act 1952-1974 or the Regulations under that Act have, before the commencement of this regulation, been commenced in a court in Papua New Guinea, that court continues to have with respect to that offence the jurisdiction conferred on it by section 15 of that Act.

Cessation of Whaling Act 1960-1973.

“16. The Whaling Act 1960-1973 shall cease to have effect as part of the law of Papua New Guinea on and from the date of commencement of this regulation.”.