AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Fire Brigade (Promotion of Officer) Ordinance 1985
No. 32 of 1985
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910. 
Dated 9 August 1985.
	N. M. STEPHEN
	Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. SCHOLES
Minister of State for Territories

An Ordinance relating to the promotion of an officer of the Australian Capital Territory Fire Brigade
Short title
1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Fire Brigade (Promotion of Officer Ordinance 1985.1
Commencement
2.  This Ordinance shall come into operation on such date as is fixed by the Minister of State for Territories by notice in the Gazette.
Interpretation
3.  (1)  In this Ordinance, “the Administration Ordinance” means the Fire Brigade (Administration) Ordinance 1974.
(2)  Unless the contrary intention appears, words and expressions used in this Ordinance that are also used in the Administration Ordinance have the same respective meanings as they have in the Administration Ordinance.
Relationship with Administration Ordinance
4.  This Ordinance has effect notwithstanding anything contained in the Administration Ordinance.
Promotion of officer
5.  (1)  By force of this sub-section, Raymond Edward Towns, a person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance, as District Officer of the Brigade, is promoted to the rank of Superintendent of the Brigade.
(2)  The promotion effected by sub-section (1)—
	(a)	shall take effect on the commencement of this Ordinance; and
	(b)	has effect for all purposes as if the promotion had been made under section 29 of the Administration Ordinance.
(3)  Sections 32 and 33 of the Administration Ordinance do not apply in relation to the promotion effected by sub-section (1).
Cessation of operation of Ordinance
6.  This Ordinance shall cease to have effect on 19 August 1985.

NOTE
1.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 August 1985.