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Reserved Laws (Administration) (Amendment) Ordinance 1997
No. 2 of 1997
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.
Dated 28 May 1997.
WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
WARWICK SMITH
Minister for Sport, Territories and Local Government
An Ordinance to amend the Reserved Laws (Administration) Ordinance 1989
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Reserved Laws (Administration) (Amendment) Ordinance 1997.1
2. This Ordinance commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.
3. In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Reserved Laws (Administration) Ordinance 1989.2
4. Section 3 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(2) In this Ordinance, unless the contrary intention appears, “land” and “National Land” have the same respective meanings as in the Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth.”.
5. Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—
(a) by omitting from subsection (5) “The Minister” and substituting “Subject to subsection (5A), the Minister”; and
(b) by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:
“(5A) The Minister for Administrative Services shall administer the National Land Ordinance 1989 in so far as it relates to National Land other than National Land designated in writing under section 4 of that Ordinance as land required for the special purposes of Canberra as the National Capital.”.
6. Schedule 2 to the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from Part 1 “Classification of Publications Ordinance 1983”.
NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 June 1997.
2. Reprinted as at 2 September 1994.