Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA ACT 1977 - NOTES

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2     Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form	o = order
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary	pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	r = rule/subrule
Assembly	reloc = relocated
div = division	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired

3     Legislation history

This Act was originally a Commonwealth ordinance—the Uniting Church in Australia Ordinance 1977 No 15 (Cwlth).

The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth), s 34 (4) converted most former Commonwealth ordinances in force in the ACT into ACT enactments. This allowed the ACT Legislative Assembly to amend and repeal the laws. This Act was converted into an ACT enactment on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).

As with most ordinances in force in the ACT, the name was changed from Ordinance to Act by the Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989 No 21, s 5 on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).

    Legislation before becoming Territory enactment

Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977 No 15

notified 15 June 1977

s 1, s 2 commenced 15 June 1977

ss 3-10, s 11 (1), (3)-(9) and ss 12-22 commenced 22 June 1977 (s 2 (2) and Cwlth Gaz 1977 No S110)

s 11 (2) awaiting commencement (s 2 (2))

as amended by

    Legislation after becoming Territory enactment

Registrar-General (Consequential Provisions) Act 1993 No 64 sch 1

notified 6 September 1993 (Gaz 1993 No S172)

s 1, s 2 commenced 6 September 1993 (s 2 (1))

sch 1 commenced 1 October 1993 (s 2 (2) and see Gaz 1993 No S207)

Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 44 pt 400

notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)

s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)

pt 400 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65)

Evidence (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011 A2011-48 sch 1 pt 1.37

notified LR 22 November 2011

s 1, s 2 commenced 22 November 2011 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 1 pt 1.37 commenced 1 March 2012 (s 2 (1) and see Evidence Act 2011 A2011-12, s 2 and CN2012-4)

4     Amendment history

Commencement
s 2     om 2001 No 44 amdt 1.4148

Repeal etc
s 3     om 2001 No 44 amdt 1.4148

Definitions for Act
s 4     def registrar of titles om 1993 No 64 sch 1

Common seal
s 9     am A2011-48 amdt 1.54

Exoneration from inquiry
s 16     am 1993 No 64 sch 1

Cooperative use of property
s 19     am 1993 No 64 sch 1

Basis of Union
sch 1     (prev sch) renum R2 LA

5     Earlier republications

Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.

Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date
1	not amended	30 June 1991
2	A2001-44	2 August 2002

6     Uncommenced provision

Section 11 (2) was uncommenced at the republication date but has been included in this republication with the symbol  U  immediately before the subsection.

© Australian Capital Territory 2012

Australian Capital Territory

A1977-15

Republication No 3

Effective: 1 March 2012

Republication date: 1 March 2012

Last amendment made by A2011-48

Not all provisions are in force: see last endnote



Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977

(including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 1 March 2012

. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 1 March 2012

.

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel's Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):

              • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies

              • unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $110 for an individual and $550 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Australian Capital Territory

Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977

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Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977