Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DECIMAL CURRENCY ACT 1965 - SECOND SCHEDULE

[s. 5(5)]

        [Heading inserted by No. 19 of 2010 s. 16(3).]

Part A  — Equivalents specified in the Commonwealth Currency Act

        [Heading inserted by No. 19 of 2010 s. 16(3).]

One sovereign or pound . . . . . .         =         Two dollars.

One shilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         =         Ten cents.

One penny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         =         Five-sixths of a cent.

Part B  — Examples of equivalents

        [Heading inserted by No. 19 of 2010 s. 16(4).]

Examples of Percentages

Expressed in Old Currency	Equivalent expressed in New Currency
Five pounds per centum	Five per centum
Five pounds seven shillings and six pence per centum	Five and three-eighths per centum
Twelve and one-half pounds per centum	Twelve and one-half per centum

Examples of Proportions

Expressed in Old Currency	Equivalent expressed in New Currency
Three-eighths of a penny in the pound	Five thirty-seconds of a cent in the dollar
One halfpenny in the pound	Five twenty-fourths of a cent in the dollar
One penny in the pound	Five-twelfths of a cent in the dollar
Two pence in the pound	Five-sixths of a cent in the dollar
Three pence in the pound	One and one-quarter cents in the dollar
Six pence in the pound	Two and one-half cents in the dollar
Eight pence in the pound	Three and one-third cents in the dollar
One shilling in the pound	Five cents in the dollar
One shilling and three pence in the pound	Six and one-quarter cents in the dollar
Two shillings in the pound	Ten cents in the dollar

[s. 7(2)]

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Expression of Amounts in Figures

$59 or $59.00 where the amount consists of an exact number of dollars.

$59.01 or $59.09 where the amount consists of dollars plus cents in the range from 1 to 9.

$59.10 to $59.99 where the amount consists of dollars plus cents in the range from 10 to 99.

$0.09 or 9 cents or 9c where the amount is less than one dollar and is cents in the range from 1 to 9.

$0.59 or 59 cents or 59c where the amount is less than one dollar and is cents in the range from 10 to 99.

Note.  — The decimal point should be followed by two figures at least, and one or more figures (as 0 in some cases) should appear between the dollar symbol and the decimal point.

Fractions of a cent

An amount involving a fraction of a cent (for example, three and a quarter cents) may be expressed as — $0.0325 or $0.03¼ or 3¼ cents or 3¼c.