Australian Capital Territory
Nudity Act 1976
A1976-56
Republication No 4
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Republication date: 14 October 2015
Last amendment made by A2015-33
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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Nudity Act 1976 (including any amendment made under the
Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 14 October 2015. It also
includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to
14 October 2015.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
Kinds of republications
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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
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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 $150 for
an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Australian Capital Territory
Nudity Act 1976
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
1A Notes 2
2 Prescribed areas 2
3 Public notice of declaration 2
4 Being naked in prescribed area 2
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 3
2 Abbreviation key 3
3 Legislation history 4
4 Amendment history 5
5 Earlier republications 6
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Australian Capital Territory
Nudity Act 1976
An Act to permit nudity in certain public places
Section 1
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1 Name of Act
This Act is the Nudity Act 1976.
1A Notes
A note included in this Act is explanatory and is not part of this Act.
Note See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of
notes.
2 Prescribed areas
(1) The Minister may, in writing, declare an area to be a prescribed
area.
(2) A declaration is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
3 Public notice of declaration
(1) Within 7 days after making a declaration under section 2, the
Minister must give additional public notice of the declaration.
(2) A declaration is not invalid if the Minister does not comply with
subsection (1).
Note Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily
newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1). The
requirement in s (1) is in addition to the requirement for notification on
the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.
4 Being naked in prescribed area
A person does not commit an offence against a territory law only
because the person is naked in an area declared by the Minister
under section 2 to be a prescribed area.
Endnotes
About the endnotes 1
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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
Endnotes
3 Legislation history
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3 Legislation history
This Act was originally a Commonwealth ordinance—the Nudity Ordinance 1976
(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 A1989-21,
s 5 on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).
Before 11 May 1989, ordinances commenced on their notification day unless
otherwise stated (see Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cwlth),
s 12).
Legislation before becoming Territory enactment
Nudity Act 1976 A1976-56
notified 10 November 1976
commenced 10 November 1976
as amended by
Legislation after becoming Territory enactment
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 A2001-44 pt 261
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 261 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001
No S65)
Statute Law Amendment Act 2005 (No 2) A2005-62 sch 3 pt 3.16
notified LR 21 December 2005
s 1, s 2 commenced 21 December 2005 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 3 pt 3.16 commenced 11 January 2006 (s 2 (1))
Endnotes
Amendment history 4
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Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2015 A2015-33
sch 1 pt 1.48
notified LR 30 September 2015
s 1, s 2 commenced 30 September 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.48 commenced 14 October 2015 (s 2)
4 Amendment history
Notes
s 1A ins A2005-62 amdt 3.163
Prescribed areas
s 2 sub A2001-44 amdt 1.2960
Public notice of declaration
s 3 sub A2001-44 amdt 1.2960; A2015-33 amdt 1.158
Being naked in prescribed area
s 4 sub A2005-62 amdt 3.164