Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIA ACT 1986 No. 142 of 1985 - SECT 14

14. (1) The Constitution Act 1889 of the State of Western Australia is in this
section referred to as the Principal Act.

(2) Section 50 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";

   (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 Western Australia";and

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (c) -

        (i)    "under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom"; and

        (ii)   "during a temporary absence of the Governor for a short
period from the seat of Government or from the State".

(3) Section 51 of the Principal Act is amended -

   (a)  by omitting subsection (1); and

   (b)  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".