Queensland Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Meaning of commonly used words and expressions

"Aboriginal local government" ...

"Aboriginal people" means people of the Aboriginal race of Australia.

"Aboriginal tradition" means the body of traditions, observances, customs and beliefs of Aboriginal people generally or of a particular community or group of Aboriginal people, and includes any such traditions, observances, customs and beliefs relating to particular persons, areas, objects or relationships.

"Aborigine" means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia.

"Act" has the meaning given by sections 6 and 7 .

"Acting Governor" means a person administering the Government of the State under the Constitution of Queensland 2001 , section 41 .

"additional territorial unit" ...

"adjacent area in respect of the State" means the area the boundary of which is described in the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 (Cwlth) , schedule 2 , as in force immediately before the commencement of the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 (Cwlth) .

"Administrative Arrangements" means the administrative arrangements made by the Governor in Council by order under the Constitution of Queensland 2001 , section 44 .

"Administrator" ...

"adult" means an individual who is 18 or more.

"affidavit" , in relation to a person allowed by law to affirm, declare or promise, includes affirmation, declaration and promise.

"AFIC (Queensland) Code" ...

"AFIC (Queensland) Regulations" ...

"Alien" ...

"amend" includes—

(a) for an Act, instrument or provision of an Act or instrument—omit, insert, and omit and insert; and

(b) for an Act or provision of an Act—amend by implication; and

(c) for an instrument or provision of an instrument—alter or vary.

(a) for a function or power—means having the qualifications, experience or standing appropriate to perform the function or exercise the power; or

(b) for appointment to an office—means having the qualifications, experience or standing appropriate to perform the functions of the office.

Example of standing—

a person’s classification level in the public service

(a) when used in relation to the ASIC Law, has the meaning given by the Corporations (Queensland) Act 1990 , part 11 ; and

(b) when used in relation to the ASIC Act , means regulations made, or that have effect as if they were made, under the ASIC Act .

(a) the word ‘bank’, ‘banker’ or ‘banking’; or

(b) any other word (whether or not in English) that is of like import to a word covered by paragraph (a) .

(a) the Parliament of England; or

(b) the Parliament of Great Britain; or

(c) the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; or

(d) the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

(a) a Saturday or Sunday; or

(b) a public holiday, special holiday or bank holiday in the place in which any relevant act is to be or may be done.

(a) immediately before the beginning of the corresponding day of the next named month; or

(b) if there is no such corresponding day—at the end of the next named month.

(a) a charge on an arrest;

(b) a complaint under the Justices Act 1886 ;

(c) a charge by a court under the Justices Act 1886 , section 42 (1A) or another provision of an Act;

(d) an indictment.

(a) for a department specified by name—means the chief executive of the department; or

(b) for a public service entity mentioned in the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 9 (b) —means the head of the entity under the Public Sector Act 2022 , schedule 1 ; or

(c) for the police service—the commissioner of the police service; or

(d) for another public sector unit specified by name—means the chief executive (however described) in charge of the unit; or

(e) in any other case—see section 33AB .

(a) a District Court judge appointed as a Childrens Court judge; or

(b) a District Court judge when constituting a Childrens Court under the Childrens Court Act 1992 , section 5 (2) (b) .

(a) a magistrate appointed as a Childrens Court magistrate; or

(b) a magistrate or 2 justices of the peace when constituting a Childrens Court under the Childrens Court Act 1992 , section 5 (3) (b) or (c) .

(a) the parts of the territorial sea of Australia that are within the adjacent area in respect of the State, other than any part mentioned in the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 (Cwlth) , section 4 (2) ; or

(b) any sea that is on the landward side of any part of the territorial sea of Australia and within the adjacent area in respect of the State, but is not within the limits of the State.

(a) the descendants of the community or group; and

(b) if there is only 1 surviving member of a community or group of Aboriginal people—that person.

(a) the descendants of the community or group; and

(b) if there is only 1 surviving member of a community or group of Torres Strait Islanders—that person.

Note—

See also the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 388 .

(a) Constitution of Queensland 2001;

(b) Constitution Act 1867 ;

(c) Constitution Act Amendment Act 1934 .

(a) when used in relation to the Corporations Law, has the meaning given by the Corporations (Queensland) Act 1990 , part 3 ; and

(b) when used in relation to the Corporations Act , means regulations made, or that have effect as if they were made, under the Corporations Act .

(a) gives a meaning to a word or expression; or

(b) limits or extends the meaning of a word or expression.

Examples of definitions—

1 X means Y.

2 A reference to X is a reference to Y.

3 Words and expressions used in the XYZ Act have the same respective meanings in this Act.

4 X see section 3 .

5 X see XYZ Act, schedule 3 .

(a) in relation to Aboriginal people—a descendant under Aboriginal tradition; and

(b) in relation to Torres Strait Islanders—a descendant under Island custom.

(a) means a record of information, however recorded; and

(b) includes—

(i) a thing on which there is writing; and

(ii) a thing on which there are marks, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them; and

(iii) an electronic document.

(a) a thing from which sounds, images or writings can be reproduced with or without the aid of anything else; or

(b) a record of information reproduced from a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) ; or

(c) a record of information that exists in digital form and is capable of being reproduced, transmitted, stored or duplicated by electronic means.

(a) for Queensland—has the meaning given by the Constitution Act 1867 , section 11A (3) ; or

(b) for another State (other than the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory)—means the State’s Governor, and includes a person administering the State’s Government; or

(c) for the Northern Territory—means the Territory’s Administrator, and includes a person administering the Territory’s Government.

(a) for Queensland—the Governor acting with the advice of Executive Council; or

(b) for another State (other than the Australian Capital Territory)—the State’s Governor acting with the advice of the State’s Executive Council.

(a) the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law—

(i) as in force from time to time, set out in the schedule of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 ; and

(ii) as it applies as a law of Queensland or another State, with or without modification; or

(b) the law of a State that substantially corresponds to the law mentioned in paragraph (a) .

(a) a legal or equitable estate in the land or other property; or

(b) a right, power or privilege over, or in relation to, the land or other property.

(a) a law of the State; and

(b) a law in force in the State as part of the law of the State.

(a) the Brisbane City Council; or

(b) a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 .

(a) the rights and interests are possessed under the traditional laws acknowledged, and the traditional customs observed, by the Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders; and

(b) the Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders, by the laws and customs, have a connection with the land or waters; and

(c) the rights and interests are recognised by the common law of Australia.

Examples of rights and interests—

hunting, gathering and fishing rights and interests

(a) a number expressed in figures or words; or

(b) a letter; or

(c) a combination of a number so expressed and a letter.

(a) printed by or under the authority of the government printer; or

(b) authorised by the parliamentary counsel and published on the Queensland legislation website.

(a) for Queensland—the Sovereign and the Legislative Assembly; or

(b) for another State—the State’s legislature.

(a) a chapter, part, division, subdivision, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sub-subparagraph, of the Act apart from a schedule or appendix of the Act ; and

(b) a schedule or appendix of the Act or a section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sub-subparagraph, item, column, table or form of or in a schedule or appendix of the Act ; and

(c) the long title and any preamble to the Act .

(a) a department or part of a department; or

(b) a public service entity, or part of a public sector entity, mentioned in the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 9 (b) .

(a) an Act, including an agreement or other instrument in or attached to the Act ; or

(b) subordinate legislation, including an agreement or other instrument in or attached to the subordinate legislation; or

(c) an agreement or other instrument not mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) that has the same force of law as an Act or subordinate legislation; or

(d) a reprint.

(a) within the limits of the State; or

(b) coastal waters of the State.

(a) for a provision of an Act or instrument—repeal the provision by omitting it; and

(b) for an Act, instrument or provision of an Act or instrument—abrogate or limit its effect or exclude from its application any person, matter or circumstance; and

(c) for an instrument or a provision of an instrument—revoke or rescind it.

(a) a reprint authorised under the Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 10A ; or

(b) a pre-1992 reprint within the meaning of the Reprints Act 1992 .

(a) for which the rehabilitation period under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 has expired under that Act; and

(b) that is not revived as prescribed by section 11 of that Act.

(a) a declaration made under the Oaths Act 1867 ; or

(b) a declaration made under another Act, or under a Commonwealth Act or an Act of another State or a Territory, that authorises a declaration to be made otherwise than in the course of a judicial proceeding.

(a) by; and

(b) for the purposes of; and

(c) in accordance with; and

(d) within the meaning of.