Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

AGE OF MAJORITY ACT 1974 - NOTES

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 and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.

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am = amended	om = omitted/repealed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

3     Legislation history

This Act was originally a Commonwealth ordinance—the Age of Majority Ordinance 1974

No 46 (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).

After 11 May 1989 and before 10 November 1999, Acts commenced on their notification day unless otherwise stated (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

(Cwlth) s 25).

    Legislation before becoming Territory enactment

Age of Majority Act 1974 A1974-46

notified 24 October 1974

commenced 1 November 1974 (s 2)

as amended by

Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1978

Ord1978-46

notified 28 December 1978

commenced 28 December 1978

    Legislation after becoming Territory enactment

Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992

A1992-23 sch 1

notified 4 June 1992 (Gaz 1992 No S71

)

commenced 4 June 1992

Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001

A2001-44 pt 10

notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30

)

s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)

pt 10 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65

)

Statute Law Amendment Act 2011

A2011-3 sch 3 pt 3.1

notified LR 22 February 2011

s 1, s 2 commenced 22 February 2011 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 3 pt 3.1 commenced 1 March 2011 (s 2)

4     Amendment history

Commencement
s 2     om A2001-44

amdt 1.122

Administration
s 3     om Ord1978-46

Age attained on anniversary of birthday
s 4     om A1992-23

Age of majority 18 years
s 5     am A2011-3

amdts 3.1-3.3

Construction of laws and instruments made on or after 1 November 1974
s 6     am A2011-3

amdt 3.4

Construction of wills made before 1 November 1974
s 7     am A2011-3

amdt 3.5

Repeal
s 10     om A2001-44

amdt 1.122

5     Earlier republications

Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.

Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date
1	Ord1978-46

30 April 1991

2

A1992-23

30 April 1993

3

A1992-23

30 November 1996

4

A2001-44

10 July 2002

© Australian Capital Territory 2011

Australian Capital Territory

A1974-46

Republication No 5

Effective: 1 March 2011

Republication date: 1 March 2011

Last amendment made by A2011-3

This is a republication of the Age of Majority Act 1974

(including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 1 March 2011

. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 1 March 2011

.

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel's Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the 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 or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.

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 Legislation Act 2001

, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $110 for an individual and $550 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001

, s 133).

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