Commonwealth of Australia Gazette/1958/No 54

Commonwealth of Australia to wit.
W. J. SLIM
Governor-General.

By His Excellency the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia.

WHEREAS by sub-section (1.) of section two of the Christmas Island Act 1958 it is provided that Part I. of that Act shall come into operation on the day on which that Act receives the Royal Assent:

And whereas that Act received the Royal Assent on the second day of September, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight:

And whereas by sub-section (2.) of section two of that Act it is provided that the remaining provisions of that Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation:

And whereas by sub-section (3.) of section two of that Act it is provided that the date so fixed shall be the date on which Christmas Island is placed under the authority of the Commonwealth in pursuance of the Imperial Act entitled the Christmas Island Act, 1958:

And whereas by an Order in Council made in pursuance of that Imperial Act on the eleventh day of September, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, the Queen has directed that Christmas Island shall be placed under the authority of the Commonwealth on the first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight:

Now therefore I, Sir William Joseph Slim, the Governor-General aforesaid, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby fix the first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, as the date on which the remaining provisions of the Christmas Island Act 1958 shall come into operation.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Ex. Min. No. 215.)

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