Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

3............ Director of War Graves ....................................................................... 1

4............ Functions of Director .......................................................................... 1

5............ Appointment of Director ..................................................................... 1

6............ Remuneration and allowances of Director ........................................... 2

7............ Leave of absence of Director ............................................................... 2

8............ Resignation of Director ....................................................................... 2

9............ Termination of office of Director ........................................................ 2

10.......... Acting Director ................................................................................... 3

12.......... Staff .................................................................................................... 3

13.......... Annual Report ..................................................................................... 3

14.......... Regulations ......................................................................................... 3

Notes                                                                                                                                                5

An Act relating to war graves

Notes to the War Graves Act 1980

Note 1

The War Graves Act 1980 as show in this compilation comprises Act No. 100, 1980 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 and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
War Graves Act 1980	100, 1980	6 June 1980	4 July 1980
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982	80, 1982	22 Sept 1982	Part LXXVII (s. 280): Royal Assent (a)		S. 280(2) and (3)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: 3 July 1985 (b)		--
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991	122, 1991	27 June, 1991	Ss. 4(1), 10(b) and 15-20: 1 Dec 1988 Ss. 28(b)-(e), 30 and 31: 10 Dec 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S332) Remainder: Royal Assent		S. 31(2)
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 4 (item 151): Royal Assent (c)		--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (item 978): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (d)		--
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001	159, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001		Sch. 1 (item 97) [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (items 502-514): 4 July 2008		--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 7 (item 147): 19 Apr 2011		--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 1171-1175) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011		Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]

(a)     The War Graves Act 1980 was amended by Part LXXVII (section 280) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Sections 1, 2, 166 and 195 and Parts III, VI, VII, XVI, XXXVI, XLIV, LI, LIII, LIV, LXI and LXXVII shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(b)     The War Graves Act 1980 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, 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.

(c)     The War Graves Act 1980 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 151) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d)     The War Graves Act 1980 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 978) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 2......................................	am. No. 80, 1982; No. 5, 2011
S. 5......................................	am. No. 159, 2001; No. 73, 2008
S. 6......................................	am. No. 43, 1996; No. 73, 2008
S. 7......................................	rs. No. 122, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 8......................................	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 9......................................	am. No. 122, 1991; No. 73, 2008
S. 10....................................	am. No. 73, 2008; No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 10.......................	ad. No. 46, 2011
S. 11....................................	rep. No. 65, 1985
S. 13....................................	am. No. 73, 2008

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001
(No. 159, 2001)

Schedule 1

97  Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply to an appointment if the term of the appointment began before the commencement of this item.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.