Queensland Consolidated Acts

CONSTITUTION OF QUEENSLAND 2001 - SECT 4A

4A Particular amendments of this Act

(1) This section applies to a Bill for an Act to amend this Act respecting the constitution, powers or procedure of the Parliament.

Note—

See the Australia Act 1986 (Cwlth) , section 6 .

(2) The Bill must not be presented to the Governor for assent unless the Bill has been passed by an absolute majority of the Legislative Assembly.

(3) The Bill has no effect as an Act if assented to after presentation in contravention of subsection (2) .

(4) For deciding whether the Bill has been passed by an absolute majority of the Legislative Assembly—

(a) if the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly presiding exercises a casting vote in favour of the ‘ayes’, the casting vote is counted; and

(b) if an absent member of the Legislative Assembly votes by proxy or another method allowed under an Act and the vote cast is in favour of the ‘ayes’, the vote is counted.

(5) In this section—

"absolute majority" , of the Legislative Assembly, means a majority of the number of members of the Legislative Assembly under section 11 .