Section 3
The islands known as Heard Island and McDonald Islands, comprising all the islands and rocks lying within the area bounded by the parallels 52 degrees 30 minutes and 53 degrees 30 minutes south latitude and the meridians 72 degrees and 74 degrees 30 minutes east longitude.
Notes to the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953
Note 1
The Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 7, 1953 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this compilation . For subsequent information see Table A.
Table of Acts
Act | Number | Date | Date of commencement | Application, saving or transitional provisions |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953 | 7, 1953 | 27 Mar 1953 | 24 Apr 1953 |
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1957 | 36, 1957 | 7 June 1957 | 5 July 1957 | -- |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1963 | 23, 1963 | 28 May 1963 | 25 June 1963 | |
Statute Law Revision Act 1973 | 216, 1973 | 19 Dec 1973 | 31 Dec 1973 | |
26, 1982 | 7 May 1982 | Part XXIV (ss. 156, 157): 4 June 1982 (a) | -- | |
as amended by |
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80, 1982 | 22 Sept 1982 | Part LXXI (ss. 262, 263): 4 June 1982 (b) | -- | |
39, 1983 | 20 June 1983 | S. 3: 18 July 1983 (c) | ||
168, 1986 | 18 Dec 1986 | S. 3: Royal Assent (d) | ||
Statutory Instruments (Tabling and Disallowance) Legislation Amendment Act 1988 | 99, 1988 | 2 Dec 1988 | 2 Dec 1988 | -- |
A.C.T. Self - Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 | 109, 1988 | 6 Dec 1988 | S. 32 (in part): 11 May 1989 ( see Gazette , 1989 No. S164) (e) | S. 26 |
28, 1991 | 4 Mar 1991 | S. 74(1): Royal Assent (f) | -- |
Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 | 143, 2001 | 1 Oct 2001 | 2 Oct 2001 | S. 4 [ see Table A] |
73, 2008 | 3 July 2008 | Schedule 4 (items 330 - 332) : 4 July 2008 | -- |
(a) The Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953 was amended by Part XXIV (sections 156 and 157) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982 , subsection 2(12) of which provides as follows:
(12) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on the twenty - eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(b) The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982 was amended by Part LXXI (sections 262 and 263) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1982 , subsection 2(11) of which provides as follows:
(11) Part XLIX and LXXI shall be deemed to have come into operation on 4 June 1982 .
(c) The Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983 , subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty - eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(d) The Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1986 , subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives Royal Assent.
(e) The Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953 was amended by section 32 only of the A.C.T. Self - Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 , subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) The remaining provisions of this Act (including the amendments made by Schedule 5) commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.
(f ) The Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953 was amended by subsection 74(1) only of the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1991 , subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected | How affected |
S. 2 .................... | am. No. 109, 1988; No. 28, 1991 |
S. 5 .................... | am. No. 28, 1991; No. 143, 2001 |
S. 6 .................... | rs. No. 28, 1991 |
S. 9 .................... | am. No. 36, 1957; No. 109, 1988 |
| rs. No. 28, 1991 |
S. 11 ................... | am. No. 23, 1963; No. 26, 1982 (as am. by No. 80, 1982); No. 39, 1983; No. 168, 1986; No. 99, 1988 |
ad. No. 99, 1988 | |
S. 12 ................... | ad. No. 36, 1957 |
| am. No. 216, 1973 ; No. 73, 2008 |
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 143, 2001)
(1) Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.
(2) For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.