Currency Act 1965
14Treasurer may issue coins
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14 Treasurer may issue coins
(1) The Treasurer may cause to be made and issued coins of the denominations of money specified, or taken to be specified, in the Schedule. (2) A coin so made and issued: (a) must be of a standard composition specified, or taken to be specified, in the Schedule in relation to that coin; and (b) must be of a standard weight, and of a design and dimensions, determined, by signed instrument, by the Treasurer. (3) Despite subsection (2), in the making of a coin, a variation from a standard weight applicable to the coin is allowable as determined, by signed instrument, by the Treasurer.