Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Decimal Currency Act 1965 No 33. Assented to 20.12.1965. Date of commencement of secs 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2). This Act has been amended as follows:

1968	No 50	Wheat Industry Stabilization Act 1968. Assented to 5.12.1968. Date of commencement, 22.11.1968, sec 2 (1).
1970	No 11	Courts of Petty Sessions (Civil Claims) Act 1970. Assented to 26.3.1970. Date of commencement of Sch, 1.1.1972, sec 1 (2) and GG No 95 of 27.8.1971, p 3287.
1972	No 48	Reprints Act 1972. Assented to 9.10.1972.
1973	No 9	District Court Act 1973. Assented to 10.4.1973. Date of commencement, 1.7.1973, sec 2 and GG No 75 of 8.6.1973, p 2158.
1979	No 89	Public Service Act 1979. Assented to 16.5.1979. Date of commencement of Sch 5, 28.9.1979, sec 2 (2) and GG No 130 of 21.9.1979, p 4666.
	No 145	Road Maintenance (Contribution) Repeal Act 1979. Assented to 7.12.1979.
	No 205	Miscellaneous Acts (Planning) Repeal and Amendment Act 1979. Assented to 21.12.1979. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.9.1980, sec 2 (4) and GG No 91 of 4.7.1980, p 3366.
1980	No 103	Transport Authorities Act 1980. Assented to 1.5.1980. Date of commencement of Sch 7, 1.7.1980, sec 2 (2).
	No 120	Miscellaneous Acts (Motor Vehicles Taxation) Repeal and Amendment Act 1980. Assented to 4.11.1980. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 21.11.1980, sec 2 (2).
1981	No 90	Miscellaneous Acts (State Bank) Repeal and Amendment Act 1981. Assented to 10.6.1981. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 2.11.1981, sec 2 (2) and GG No 168 of 2.11.1981, p 5673.
	No 125	Moneylending (Repeal) Act 1981. Assented to 30.12.1981. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 28.2.1985, sec 2 (2) (as substituted by Act No 100, 1984, Sch 3) and GG No 178 of 28.2.1985, p 6297. Amended by Miscellaneous Acts (Credit) Repeal and Amendment Act 1984 No 100. Assented to 28.6.1984.
	No 126	Credit-sale Agreements (Repeal) Act 1981. Assented to 30.12.1981. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 28.2.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 178 of 21.12.1984, p 6297. Amended by Miscellaneous Acts (Credit) Repeal and Amendment Act 1984 No 100. Assented to 25.6.1984.
	No 127	Hire-Purchase (Repeal) Act 1981. Assented to 30.12.1981. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 28.2.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 178 of 21.12.1984, p 6297. Amended by Miscellaneous Acts (Credit) Repeal and Amendment Act 1984 No 100. Assented to 25.6.1984.
1982	No 148	Liquor (Repeals and Savings) Act 1982. Assented to 21.12.1982. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1983, sec 2 (3) and GG No 74 of 20.5.1983, p 2181.
1983	No 30	Farm Produce Act 1983. Assented to 22.4.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.9.1983, sec 2 (2) and GG No 108 of 5.8.1983, p 3579.
	No 181	Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 31.12.1983. The provision of Sch 1 relating to the Decimal Currency Act 1965 was not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1990 No 11.
1985	No 231	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985. Assented to 18.12.1985. Date of commencement of sec 4 (2) (b), assent, sec 2 (1).
1986	No 85	State Roads Act 1986. Assented to 21.5.1986.
1987	No 48	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.
	No 108	Energy Legislation (Repeals and Savings) Act 1987. Assented to 12.6.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 109 of 26.6.1987, p 3180.
	No 109	Legal Profession Act 1987. Assented to 12.6.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.1.1988, sec 2 (2) and GG No 199 of 31.12.1987, p 7266.
	No 143	Water Legislation (Repeal, Amendment and Savings) Act 1987. Assented to 16.6.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 3.7.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 115 of 3.7.1987, p 3785.
1997	No 147	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
1999	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).

This Act has also been amended pursuant to orders under secs 8 (2), 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Assented to 9.10.1972. Order dated 29.10.1979, and published in GG No 148 of 2.11.1979, p 5489, declaring that the Decimal Currency Act 1965 is an enactment to which secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972, apply. Order dated 9.9.1982, and published in GG No 126 of 17.9.1982, p 4407.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997.

Sec 2	Am 1972 No 48, Sch; GG No 126 of 17.9.1982, p 4407.
Sec 4	Am 1972 No 48, Sch; GG No 126 of 17.9.1982, p 4407; 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Secs 7, 8	Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32.
First Sch	Am GG No 20 of 18.2.1966, p 822; GG No 60 of 17.6.1966, p 2400; GG No 120 of 4.11.1966, p 4516; GG No 135 of 9.12.1966, p 5002; GG No 23 of 10.3.1967, p 822; GG No 110 of 13.10.1967, p 3725; 1968 No 50, sec 4 (1) (b); 1970 No 11, Sch; 1973 No 9, Sch 2; 1979 No 89, Sch 5; 1979 No 145, Sch 1; 1979 No 205, Sch 1; 1980 No 120, Sch 4; 1981 No 90, Sch 1; 1981 No 125, Sch 1; 1981 No 126, Sch 1; 1981 No 127, Sch 1; 1982 No 148, Sch 1; 1983 No 30, Sch 1; 1986 No 85, Sch 1; 1987 No 108, Sch 1; 1987 No 143, Sch 1. Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Second Sch	Am GG No 20 of 18.2.1966, p 822; GG No 60 of 17.6.1966, p 2400; GG No 77 of 5.8.1966, p 3115; GG No 92 of 26.8.1966, p 3510; GG No 132 of 2.12.1966, p 4906; GG No 135 of 9.12.1966, p 5002; GG No 23 of 10.3.1967, p 822; GG No 46 of 5.5.1967, p 1439; GG No 69 of 23.6.1967, p 2224; GG No 110 of 13.10.1967, p 3726; GG No 129 of 25.10.1974, p 4157*; 1979 No 89, Sch 5; 1979 No 205, Sch 1; 1980 No 103, Sch 7; 1981 No 90, Sch 1; 1985 No 231, sec 4 (2) (b); 1986 No 85, Sch 1; 1987 No 109, Sch 1; 1987 No 143, Sch 1.

Editorial note.
*As on and from 14 February 1966.