This Act may be cited as the District Courts Amendment Act 1981, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the District Courts Act 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

The cities, boroughs, and other places, specified in the Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Governor-General pursuant to section 4(2A) of the principal Act as cities, boroughs, or other places in which Courts may be held for the exercise of criminal jurisdiction in respect of indictable offences under Part 2A of that Act on and after the 1st day of May 1981.

Nothing done in any District Court or in the High Court or the Court of Appeal at any time after the 30th day of April 1981 and before the passing of this Act in respect of any offence referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of section 28A of the principal Act shall be held a nullity or otherwise invalid merely because, at the time it was done, any city, borough, or other place specified in the Schedule to this Act had not been appointed by the Governor-General under section 4(2A) of the principal Act as a city, borough, or other place in which a Court may be held for the exercise of criminal jurisdiction in respect of indictable offences under Part 2A of that Act.