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This Act may be cited as the Nauru Independence Act 1967.
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The Act creates the legal mechanism for Nauru to become independent by letting the Australian executive proclaim a Nauru Independence Day, repealing the Nauru Act and ending Australia’s legislative, administrative and judicial authority on that day, and empowering Nauru’s Legislative Council to establish a constitutional convention. It matters because it transfers legal control but leaves practical transitional arrangements, funding and successor institutions to be determined later.
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This Act may be cited as the Nauru Independence Act 1967.
(1) Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this Act shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. (2) Section 4 of this Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation, in this Act referred to as “Nauru Independence Day”.
The power of the Legislative Council for the Territory of Nauru conferred by section 26 of the Nauru Act 1965 to make Ordinances for the peace, order and good government of that Territory extends to the making of an Ordinance establishing a convention for the purpose of establishing a constitution for Nauru.
(1) On the expiration of the day preceding Nauru Independence Day: (a) the Nauru Act 1965 is repealed; and (b) all acts that extend to Nauru as a Territory of the Commonwealth cease so to extend. (2) On and after Nauru Independence Day, Australia shall not exercise any powers of legislation, administration or jurisdiction in and over Nauru.
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This Act may be cited as the Nauru Independence Act 1967.
(1) Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this Act shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. (2) Section 4 of this Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation, in this Act referred to as “Nauru Independence Day”.
The power of the Legislative Council for the Territory of Nauru conferred by section 26 of the Nauru Act 1965 to make Ordinances for the peace, order and good government of that Territory extends to the making of an Ordinance establishing a convention for the purpose of establishing a constitution for Nauru.
(1) On the expiration of the day preceding Nauru Independence Day: (a) the Nauru Act 1965 is repealed; and (b) all acts that extend to Nauru as a Territory of the Commonwealth cease so to extend. (2) On and after Nauru Independence Day, Australia shall not exercise any powers of legislation, administration or jurisdiction in and over Nauru.