Statute Law Revision Act 2011 - Part NLC of Schedule 1 – Amendment of the Nauru Lands Committee Act 1956 (No. 8 of 2011)

REPUBLIC OF NAURU Statute Law Revision Act 2011 Act No. 8 of 2011 An Act to revise the statute law of Nauru Certified on 15 April 2011 Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows: PART 1 – PRELIMINARY MATTERS 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Revision Act 2011. 2 Commencement (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day it receives the certificate of the Speaker under Article 47. Schedule 1 – AMENDMENT OF LAWS Part NLC – Nauru Lands Committee Ordinance 1956-1963 [102] Repeal and substitution of short title Section 1 repeal, substitute 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Nauru Lands Committee Act 1956. [103] Amendment of section 2 Section 2, definition of ‘the Council’ omit [104] Repeal and substitution of section 8 Section 8 repeal, substitute 8 Validation of decisions of Central Court and Administrator (1) The former Central Court is taken to have had, at all relevant times, jurisdiction to determine appeals from the Lands Committee constituted, before the date of commencement of Ordinance No. 3 of 1956, in accordance with the customs and usages of the Nauruan people. (2) The following decisions made before the date of commencement of Ordinance No. 3 of 1956 are taken to have been validly made: (a) decisions of the former Central Court made on appeal from the Lands Committee; (b) decisions of the pre-independence Administrator made on further appeal from the former Central Court. [105] Omnibus amendment of references to ‘the Council’ omit (all references) the Council substitute the Cabinet [106] Further amendments Provision Amendment omit substitute long title Ordinance Act section 2 this Ordinance this Act section 2, definition of ‘the Committee’ this Ordinance this Act section 5 paid, out of the Nauru Local Government Council Fund, paid