Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955

Where an Ordinance (in this section called the original Ordinance) has been made, no Ordinance containing a provision being the same in substance as a provision of the original Ordinance shall be made during the period defined by subsection (2) unless both Houses of the Parliament by resolution approve the making of an Ordinance containing a provision the same in substance as that provision of the original Ordinance.

The period referred to in subsection (1) is the period starting on the day on which the original Ordinance was made and ending at the end of 7 days after:

if the original Ordinance has been laid, in accordance with subsection 13(1), before both Houses of the Parliament on the same day—that day;

if the original Ordinance has been so laid before both Houses on different days—the later of those days; or

if the original Ordinance has not been so laid before both Houses—the last day on which subsection 13(1) could have been complied with.

If a provision of an Ordinance is made in contravention of this section, the provision has no effect.