Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIA ACT 1986 No. 142 of 1985 - SECT 13

13. (1) The Constitution Act 1867-1978 of the State of Queensland is in this
section referred to as the Principal Act.

(2) Section 11A of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (3) -

   (a)  by omitting from paragraph (a) -

        (i)    "and Signet"; and

        (ii)   "constituted under Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the
United Kingdom"; and

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (b) -

        (i)    "and Signet";and

        (ii)   "whenever and so long as the office of Governor is vacant or
the Governor is incapable of discharging the duties of
administration or has departed from Queensland".

(3) Section 11B of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by omitting "Governor to conform to instructions" and substituting
      "Definition of Royal Sign Manual";


   (b)  by omitting subsection (1); and

   (c)  by omitting from subsection (2) -

        (i)    "(2)";
     (ii) "this section and in"; and


        (iii)  "and the expression 'Signet' means the seal commonly used for
the sign manual of the Sovereign or the seal with which
documents are sealed by the Secretary of State in the United
Kingdom on behalf of the Sovereign".

(4) Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (2) by
omitting",subject to his performing his duty prescribed by section 11B,".