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Police Offences Act 1961

Number: A1961-1
Status: Repealed

Notes

Repealed by Law Reform (Abolitions and Repeals) Act 1996 A1996-1 sch.

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Law history

Ordinance as notified

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
29 March 1961	29 March 1961 - 4 March 1996	PDF PDF	This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 34 (4))

Explanatory statement

Version	Published	Files/Formats
As presented	29 March 1961	HTML PDF Word

Point-in-time versions

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
29 March 1961 - 4 March 1996	PDF PDF	As notified	29 March 1961	This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 34 (4))

Notification statement

The Police Offences Ordinance 1961 was notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 29 March 1961 (Cwlth Gaz 1961 No 30).

(Parliamentary Counsel)

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
all provisions	29 March 1961	Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cwlth), s 12

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