Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FEDERAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AMENDMENT (EFFICIENCY MEASURES) ACT (NO. 1) 2009 (NO. 122, 2009) - SCHEDULE 3

Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

1  Subsection 24A(4)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

             (4)  Subsection (2) does not authorise the President to enter into a contract under which the Commonwealth is to pay or receive an amount exceeding $250,000 or, if a higher amount is prescribed, that higher amount, except with the approval of the Minister.

Family Law Act 1975

2  Subsection 38A(4)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

             (4)  Subsection (2) does not authorise the Chief Judge to enter into a contract under which the Commonwealth is to pay or receive an amount exceeding $250,000 or, if a higher amount is prescribed, that higher amount, except with the approval of the Attorney‑General.

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

3  Subsection 18A(4)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

             (4)  Subsection (2) does not authorise the Chief Justice to enter into a contract under which the Commonwealth is to pay or receive an amount exceeding $250,000 or, if a higher amount is prescribed, that higher amount, except with the approval of the Attorney‑General.

Native Title Act 1993

4  Subsection 128(4)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

             (4)  Subsection (2) does not authorise the President to enter into a contract under which the Commonwealth is to pay or receive an amount exceeding $250,000 or, if a higher amount is prescribed, that higher amount, except with the approval of the Commonwealth Minister.

5  Saving of regulations

(1)        Despite the repeal of a provision that is specified in column 2 of the following table, as in force immediately before commencement, regulations that:

                     (a)  were made for the purposes of that provision; and

                     (b)  were in force immediately before commencement;

continue to have effect on and after commencement as if those regulations had been made for the purposes of the corresponding provision, as in force after commencement, that is specified in column 3 of the table in relation to that provision:

(2)        In this item:

commencement means the commencement of this item.