Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) There shall be—
(a) a Lieutenant-Governor of the State; and
(b) an Administrator of the State.
S. 6A(2) substituted by No. 70/2009 s. 7(1).
(2) The Governor may appoint a person as Lieutenant-Governor during the Governor's pleasure by Commission under the Public Seal of the State.
S. 6A(3) amended by No. 70/2009 s. 7(2).
(3) The Administrator is—
(a) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; or
(b) if—
(i) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is the Lieutenant-Governor; or
(ii) there is a vacancy in the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice is absent from the State or unable or unwilling to act as Administrator—
the most senior judge of the Supreme Court who is present in the State and able and willing to act as Administrator—
and shall be deemed to have been appointed as Administrator during the Governor's pleasure.
S. 6A(4) substituted by No. 70/2009 s. 7(3).
(4) The Governor may appoint a person as Administrator during the Governor's pleasure by Commission under the Public Seal of the State.
(5) Subsection (3) does not apply if—
(a) there is an Administrator appointed under subsection (4); and
(b) that Administrator is present in the State and able and willing to act.
(6) The Lieutenant-Governor or Administrator must not assume the administration of the government of the State or act as the Governor's deputy unless the Lieutenant-Governor or Administrator, as the case may be, has taken on that occasion, or has previously taken, the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance and the Oath or Affirmation of Office in the presence of the Chief Justice or another judge of the Supreme Court.
S. 6B
inserted by No. 108/1994 s. 4.