AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

INTERPRETATION ORDINANCE 1959.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 10 of 1959

	The Interpretation Ordinance 1959 will make an amendment to the Interpretation Ordinance 1937-1955 consequential upon the amendment of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act by Act No. 43 of 1958.

	Act No. 43 of 1958 provided for the appointment for life to the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court of additional Judges, any one of whom might exercise the jurisdiction of the Court in the event of the inability of the regular Judge to sit.

	The Interpretation Ordinance 1959 will ensure that any reference in an Ordinance to the Judge of the Supreme Court shall be read as a reference to the regular Judge or an additional Judge.