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1996-97
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Industry,
Science and Tourism Legislation Amendment Bill
1997
No. ,
1997
(Industry, Science and
Tourism)
A Bill for an Act to amend various
Acts relating to matters dealt with by the Department of Industry, Science and
Tourism, and for other purposes
9703820 975/19.3.1997 (38/97) Cat. No. 96 7432 2 ISBN 0644 499648
Contents
Australian Science and Technology Council Act
1978 7istlah1.html
Australian Tourist Commission Act
1987 7istlah1.html
Australian Tourist Commission (Transitional Provisions) Act
1987 7istlah1.html
Bounty (Machine Tools and Robots) Act
1985 7istlah1.html
Coal Tariff Legislation Amendment Act
1992 7istlah1.html
National Measurement Act
1960 7istlah1.html
Patents, Trade Marks, Designs and Copyright Act
1939 7istlah1.html
Resource Assessment Commission Act
1989 7istlah1.html
Science and Industry Research Act
1949 7istlah1.html
Trade Marks Act 1995 7istlah1.html
A Bill for an Act to amend various Acts relating to
matters dealt with by the Department of Industry, Science and Tourism, and for
other purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Industry, Science and Tourism Legislation
Amendment Act 1997.
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
(2) The amendments of the Coal Tariff Legislation Amendment Act
1992 made by Schedule 1 are taken to have commenced immediately after the
commencement of subsection 2(1) of that Act.
(3) The amendment of the Science and Industry Research Act 1949
made by Schedule 1 commences on 1 July 1997.
(4) The amendments of the Trade Marks Act 1995 made by Schedule 1
are taken to have commenced on 1 January 1996.
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this
Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to
its terms.
Australian
Science and Technology Council Act 1978
1 Title
Omit “and Technology”, substitute “, Technology and
Engineering”.
2 Section 1
Omit “and Technology”, substitute “, Technology
and Engineering”.
3 Section 3 (definition of Council)
Omit “and Technology”, substitute “, Technology and
Engineering”.
4 Section 4
Omit “and Technology”, substitute “, Technology and
Engineering”.
5 Section 5
Omit “and technology” (wherever occurring), substitute “,
technology and engineering”.
6 Section 5
Omit “and technological” (wherever occurring), substitute
“, technological and engineering”.
7 Subsection 10(2)
Omit “Governor-General”, substitute
“Minister”.
8 At the end of subsection
10(2)
Add “The Minister must not make an appointment without the approval
of the Prime Minister.”.
9 Subsection 10(6)
Omit “Governor-General”, substitute
“Minister”.
10 Section 14
Omit “Governor-General”, substitute
“Minister”.
11 Subsection 16(1)
Omit “Governor-General”, substitute
“Minister”.
12 Subsection 16(2)
Omit “Governor-General”, substitute
“Minister”.
13 Transitional—appointments
The amendments of subsection 10(2) of the Australian Science and
Technology Council Act 1978 made by this Schedule apply to appointments made
after the commencement of this item.
14
Transitional—determinations
(1) This item applies to a determination that was:
(a) made by the Governor-General under subsection 10(6) of the
Australian Science and Technology Council Act 1978; and
(b) in force immediately before the commencement of this item.
(2) The determination has effect, after that commencement, as if it had
been made by the Minister under that subsection as amended by this
Schedule.
Australian
Tourist Commission Act 1987
15 Subsection 14(3)
Repeal the subsection.
16 Subsection 42(3)
Repeal the subsection.
Australian
Tourist Commission (Transitional Provisions) Act 1987
17 The whole of the Act
Repeal the Act.
Bounty
(Machine Tools and Robots) Act 1985
18 Subsection 16(11A)
Omit “Comptroller”, substitute “CEO”.
Coal
Tariff Legislation Amendment Act 1992
19 Subsections 2(3) and (4)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
(3) Section 5 commences on 26 June 1993.
20 Subsection 5(1)
Repeal the subsection.
21 After section 8
Insert:
The Organisation is to maintain, or cause to be maintained, Co-ordinated
Universal Time (UTC) as determined by the International Bureau of Weights and
Measures.
Patents,
Trade Marks, Designs and Copyright Act 1939
22 Section 4
Omit “Papua, the Territory of New Guinea and Norfolk Island, as if
each of those Territories”, substitute “Norfolk Island, as if that
Territory”.
Note: The heading to section 4
of the Patents, Trade Marks, Designs and Copyright Act
1939 is altered by omitting “Territories” and
substituting “Norfolk Island”.
Resource
Assessment Commission Act 1989
23 Paragraph 14(b)
Omit “and Technology”, substitute “, Technology and
Engineering”.
Science
and Industry Research Act 1949
24 Section 9AB
Repeal the section.
25 Section 6 (definition of
Comptroller)
Repeal the definition.
Note: The list entitled “List of terms defined in
section 6” set out after the Table of Provisions of the Trade Marks Act
1995 is altered by omitting “Comptroller”.
26 Section 6
Insert:
Customs CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of
Customs.
Note: The list entitled “List of terms defined in
section 6” set out after the Table of Provisions of the Trade Marks Act
1995 is altered by inserting “Customs CEO” in the appropriate
alphabetical position.
27 Subparagraph 26(1)(d)(i)
Omit “Comptroller”, substitute “Customs
CEO”.
28 Section 131
Omit “Comptroller”, substitute “Customs
CEO”.
29 Section 132
Omit “Comptroller” (wherever occurring), substitute
“Customs CEO”.
30 Section 133
Omit “Comptroller” (wherever occurring), substitute
“Customs CEO”.
Note: The heading to section 133 of the Trade Marks Act
1995 is altered by omitting “Comptroller” and
substituting “Customs CEO”.
31 Section 134
Omit “Comptroller” (wherever occurring), substitute
“Customs CEO”.
32 Subsection 135(1)
Omit “Comptroller”, substitute “Customs
CEO”.
33 Section 136
Omit “Comptroller” (wherever occurring), substitute
“Customs CEO”.
34 Section 137
Omit “Comptroller” (wherever occurring), substitute
“Customs CEO”.
35 Section 139
Omit “Comptroller”, substitute “Customs
CEO”.
36 Section 140
Omit “Comptroller” (wherever occurring), substitute
“Customs CEO”.
Note: The heading to section 140 of the Trade Marks Act
1995 is altered by omitting “Comptroller” and
substituting “Customs CEO”.
37 Section 141
Omit “Comptroller”, substitute “Customs
CEO”.
38 Paragraph 142(a)
Omit “Comptroller”, substitute “Customs
CEO”.
39 Section 143
Omit “Comptroller” (wherever occurring), substitute
“Customs CEO”.
40 Section 223
Omit “Comptroller” (wherever occurring), substitute
“Customs CEO”.
41 Paragraph 261(2)(a)
Omit “Comptroller”, substitute “Customs
CEO”.
Note: The heading to section 261 of the Trade Marks Act
1995 is altered by omitting “Comptroller” and
substituting “Customs CEO”.