Section 1
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Papua New Guinea Independence Act 1975.
2 Commencement
This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Interpretation
(1) In this Act:
Independence Day means 16 September 1975.
Papua New Guinea has the same meaning as in the Papua New Guinea Act 1949–1975.
(2) In this Act, a reference to an Act or to an Imperial Act includes a reference to an instrument made under an Act or an Imperial Act.
4 Withdrawal of sovereignty etc. of Australia
On the expiration of the day preceding Independence Day, Australia ceases to have any sovereignty, sovereign rights or rights of administration in respect of or appertaining to the whole or any part of Papua New Guinea.
5 Repeal etc. of laws
On the expiration of the day preceding Independence Day:
- (a) the Acts specified in the Schedule are repealed; and
- (b) every Act, and every Imperial Act, extending to the whole or any part of Papua New Guinea as part of the law of Papua New Guinea ceases so to extend.
6 Regulations
(1) The Governor-General may make regulations making provision for or in relation to matters arising out of or connected with the
