Statement as prepared for delivery by Ambassador Michael Kozak, Head of Delegation
It is hereby declared that Papua New Guinea has never been a colony within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1948.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the provisions of that Schedule, being provisions consequential on the attainment of independence by and the entry into the Commonwealth of Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru.
Paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of the Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on 16th September 1975.
This Act may be cited as the Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980.
Section 3.
The Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 shall not apply in relation to Papua New Guinea.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890 shall not apply in relation to Papua New Guinea.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 4 of the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933 shall apply in relation to forces raised in Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa or Nauru as it applies to forces raised in Dominions within the meaning of the Statute of Westminster 1931.
In the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934 the expression “British ship to which this Act applies” shall not include a British ship registered in Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa or Nauru.
In section 1(1)(a) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 at the end there are added the words “ Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa or Nauru, or ”; and any Order in Council under section 8 of that Act for the time being in force shall be deemed to apply to the visiting forces of Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru until express provision with respect to those countries is made under that section.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In section 84(2) of the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 before the words “and any country” there are inserted the words “ Western Samoa, Nauru ”.
In section 78(2) of the Office and Shop Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 before the words “and any country” there are inserted the words “ Western Samoa, Nauru ”.