Suitors’ Fund Act 1951 No 3

Effective date Publication date Amendments included Notes
15 August 2005 15 August 2005 2005 No 28
07 July 2003 07 July 2003 2001 No 121
15 July 2001 15 July 2001 2001 No 34

This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (previously Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 22.11.1978, and published in GG No 166 of 24.11.1978, p 4857, declaring that:
(a)the Suitors’ Fund Act 1951 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies, and
(b)the Suitors’ Fund Act 1951, the words “of this Act” where secondly occurring in sec 3 (1) excepted, is an enactment to which sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies.

Suitors’ Fund Act 1951 No 3

Assented to 31.05.1951.

Date of commencement, 1.11.1951, sec 1 (2) and GG No 182 of 26.10.1951, p 3080.

Civil Procedure Act 2005 No 28

Assented to 01.06.2005.

Date of commencement of Sch 5.46, 15.8.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 100 of 10.8.2005, p 4205.

Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001 No 121

Assented to 19.12.2001.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 34

Assented to 28.06.2001.

Date of commencement of Schs 1.8 and 2.49, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.

Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998 No 172

Assented to 14.12.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 9, 1.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9951.

Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 1997 No 141

Assented to 17.12.1997.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.10, 2.2.1998, sec 2 and GG No 16 of 30.1.1998, p 432.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996 No 121

Assented to 03.12.1996.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.52, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 No 30

Assented to 21.06.1996.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).

Amending legislation

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996 No 121

Assented to 03.12.1996.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).

Supreme Court (Amendment) Act 1994 No 14

Assented to 10.05.1994.

Date of commencement, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 80 of 17.6.1994, p 2917.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 No 46

Assented to 22.06.1990.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Suitors’ Fund Act 1951, 1.8.1990, Sch 1 and GG No 90 of 20.7.1990, p 6684.

Suitors’ Fund (Amendment) Act 1987 No 249

Assented to 16.12.1987.

Date of commencement, 28 days after assent.

Amending legislation

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1988 No 92

Assented to 19.12.1988.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 26 relating to the Suitors’ Fund (Amendment) Act 1987, assent, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987 No 48

Assented to 28.05.1987.

Date of commencement of Sch 32, 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1986 No 16

Assented to 01.05.1986.

Miscellaneous Acts (Special Deposits Account) Amendment Act 1985 No 158

Assented to 28.11.1985.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 20.6.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 97 of 20.6.1986, p 2796.

Suitors’ Fund (Land and Environment Court) Amendment Act 1985 No 64

Assented to 15.05.1985.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 11.6.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 91 of 7.6.1985, p 2511.

Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983 No 153

Assented to 29.12.1983.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 6.1.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 4 of 6.1.1984, p 19.

Suitors’ Fund (Legal Services Commission) Amendment Act 1979 No 84

Assented to 16.05.1979.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 21.12.1979, sec 2 (2) and GG No 171 of 7.12.1979, p 6129.

Legal Practitioners (Legal Aid) Act 1970 No 37

Assented to 18.08.1970.

Date of commencement, 25.1.1971, sec 1 (2) and GG No 161 of 18.12.1970, p 5036.

Legal Assistance and Suitors’ Fund (Amendment) Act 1970 No 10

Assented to 23.03.1970.

Date of commencement of sec 3 (1) (c) (ii) (iii), 1.11.1951, sec 3 (2).

Date of commencement of sec 3 (1) (e) (i) (ii) (v) (vi) (vii) (ix), 1.1.1966, sec 3 (4) and GG No 164 of 24.12.1965, p 4295.

Date of commencement of sec 3 (1) (e) (iii) (iv), 19.10.1959, sec 3 (6).

Decimal Currency Act 1965 No 33

Assented to 20.12.1965.

Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1), and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).

Suitors’ Fund (Amendment) Act 1960 No 8

Assented to 24.03.1960.

Date of commencement, 1.11.1951, sec 1 (3).

Suitors’ Fund (Amendment) Act 1959 No 20

Assented to 19.10.1959.

Date of commencement of sec 2, 1.11.1951, sec 1 (4).

This is a consolidated list of all history notes for this title. View the history notes inline to see the point-in-time history of provisions for a particular historical version by clicking the Turn history notes on button.

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996.

Sec 2

Am 1959 No 20, sec 2 (a); 1960 No 8, sec 2 (a); 1970 No 10, sec 3 (1) (a); 1979 No 84, Sch 1 (1); 1985 No 64, Sch 1 (1); 1987 No 249, Sch 1 (1); 1997 No 141, Sch 1.10 [1]; 2001 No 34, Sch 1.8.

Sec 3

Am 1959 No 20, sec 3 (a); 1970 No 10, sec 3 (1) (b); 1979 No 84, Sch 1 (2); 1983 No 153, Sch 1; 1985 No 158, Sch 1; 1987 No 249, Sch 1 (2); 1990 No 46, Sch 1; 1998 No 172, Sch 9 [1] [2]; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.46.

Sec 4

Am 1959 No 20, sec 2 (b); 1987 No 249, Sch 1 (3).

Sec 6

Subst 1959 No 20, sec 2 (c). Am 1960 No 8, sec 2 (b); 1970 No 10, sec 3 (1) (c); 1979 No 84, Sch 1 (3); 1985 No 64, Sch 1 (2); 1986 No 16, Sch 23; 1987 No 249, Sch 1 (4); 1996 No 121, Sch 4.52; 1997 No 141, Sch 1.10 [2]; 2001 No 34, Sch 2.49 [1].

Sec 6A

Ins 1959 No 20, sec 3 (b). Am 1970 No 10, sec 3 (1) (d); 1970 No 37, sec 20; 1979 No 84, Sch 1 (4); 1986 No 16, Sch 23; 1987 No 249, Sch 1 (5); 1994 No 14, sec 4; 2001 No 34, Sch 2.49 [2]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.190.

Sec 6B

Ins 1959 No 20, sec 3 (b). Am 1970 No 10, sec 3 (1) (e); 1979 No 84, Sch 1 (5); 1986 No 16, Sch 23; 1987 No 249, Sch 1 (6) (am 1988 No 92, Sch 26); 2001 No 34, Sch 2.49 [3].

Secs 6C, 6D

Ins 1987 No 249, Sch 1 (7).

Sec 7

Am 1960 No 8, sec 2 (c); 1987 No 48, Sch 32.

Sec 8

Ins 1987 No 249, Sch 1 (8).

Sch 1

Ins 1987 No 249, Sch 1 (8). Am 1998 No 172, Sch 9 [3].

The whole Act

Am 1997 No 141, Sch 1.10 [3] (“Secretary” and “Secretary’s” omitted wherever occurring, “Director-General” and “Director-General’s” inserted instead respectively).

Suitors’ Fund Bill 1951

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