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Queensland
JUSTICE AND
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
(MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) BILL 1995
Queensland
JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL
(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL
1995
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT
1954
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 Replacement of s 29A (Reports to Legislative Assembly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
29A Tabling of reports when Legislative Assembly not sitting . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of s 33A (References to States include Territories) . . . . . . . . 7
5 Amendment of s 36 (Meaning of commonly used words and
expressions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 Relocation of s 48 (Mode of pleading affirmation instead of oath) . . . . . . 7
7 Amendment and relocation of s 52(1) and (2) (Form of oath of
allegiance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT
1950
8 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 Omission of s 26 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Replacement of s 32 (Receipt of commission report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
32 Reports may be tabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
33 Regulation making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF ELECTORAL ACT 1992
11 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
12 Amendment of s 111 (Electoral visitor voting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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13 Replacement of s 172 (Failure to post etc. documents on behalf
of another person) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
172 Failure to post or send documents for someone else . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF JUDGES (PENSIONS AND LONG
LEAVE) ACT 1957
14 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
15 Amendment of s 15 (Leave of absence of Judges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886
16 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
17 Insertion of new s 268A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
268A Approval of forms on 18 June 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
18 Amendment and omission of s 269 (Declaration about effect of
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
19 Insertion of new s 271 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
271 Continuation of places and districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND
COMMISSIONERS FOR DECLARATIONS ACT 1991
20 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
21 Amendment of s 5 (Membership) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
22 Replacement of s 12 (Registrar of justices of the peace and
commissioners for declarations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12 Registrar and deputy registrars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
23 Amendment of s 16 (Qualifications of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT 1867
24 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
25 Replacement of heading before s 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
26 Replacement of heading before s 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
27 Replacement of heading before s 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
28 Replacement of s 13 (Persons entitled to take declarations) . . . . . . . . . . . 15
13 Who may take declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
29 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
30 Replacement of heading before s 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
31 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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32 Replacement of heading before s 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
33 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
34 Amendment of s 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
35 Replacement of heading before s 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
36 Replacement of s 35 (Commencement of Act--Short title) and
heading before s 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
43 References to Oaths Act Amendment Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT AMENDMENT ACT
1876
37 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
38 Relocation of ss 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PART 10--AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT AMENDMENT ACT
1884
39 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
40 Amendment of s 3 (Interpreters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
41 Relocation of ss 2 and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PART 11--AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT AMENDMENT ACT
1891
42 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
43 Amendment of s 2 (Interpreter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
44 Replacement of s 3 (Justices and other persons may take affidavits) . . . . 19
3 Who may take affidavits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
45 Relocation of ss 1-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
46 Relocation of schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PART 12--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF
QUEENSLAND ACT 1991
47 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
48 Amendment of sch 2 (Consequential and other amendments) . . . . . . . . . . 20
PART 13--REPEALS
49 Repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1995
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend or repeal Acts administered by the Minister for
Justice and Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Justice and Attorney-General 4
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 1995. 5
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ACTS 6
INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 7
amended 8
Act
Clause 2. This part amends the Acts Interpretation Act 1954. 9
of s 29A (Reports to Legislative Assembly) 10
Replacement
Clause 3. Section 29A-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
of reports when Legislative Assembly not sitting 13
`Tabling
`29A.(1) This section applies to a report that, under an Act-- 14
(a) is received by a Minister or the Speaker; and 15
(b) is required or permitted to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly. 16
`(2) If the Minister or Speaker wants to table the report when the 17
Legislative Assembly is not sitting, the Minister or Speaker may give a 18
copy of it to the Clerk of the Parliament. 19
`(3) The Clerk may authorise the printing of the report. 20
`(4) If the report is printed under the Clerk's authority, the Clerk must 21
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table the report in the Legislative Assembly on the next sitting day.1 1
`(5) For subsection (1)(b), if a report is required or permitted to be tabled 2
in the Legislative Assembly, a part of the report or a document 3
accompanying the report is also taken to be required or permitted to be 4
tabled in the Legislative Assembly. 5
`(6) In this section-- 6
"report" includes-- 7
(a) part of a report; and 8
(b) a document accompanying a report.'. 9
of s 33A (References to States include Territories) 10
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 33A(3), before `enacted'-- 11
insert-- 12
`(other than this Act)'. 13
of s 36 (Meaning of commonly used words and 14
Amendment
expressions) 15
Clause 5. Section 36-- 16
insert-- 17
` "Speaker" means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.'. 18
of s 48 (Mode of pleading affirmation instead of oath) 19
Relocation
Clause 6. Section 48-- 20
relocate to Oaths Act 1867, in part 7, as section 42. 21
1 The report is a parliamentary document under the Parliamentary Papers Act
1992, section 6 and the House is taken to have authorised the Clerk to publish
the report. A person does not incur civil or criminal liability for publishing a
document under the House's authority (Parliamentary Papers Act 1992,
section 10(1)).
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and relocation of s 52(1) and (2) (Form of oath of 1
Amendment
allegiance) 2
Clause 7.(1) Section 52(2), heading-- 3
omit. 4
(2) Section 52(1) and (2), as amended-- 5
relocate to Oaths Act 1867, in part 2, as section 5A(1) and (2). 6
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF COMMISSIONS OF 7
P
INQUIRY ACT 1950 8
amended 9
Act
Clause 8. This part amends the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950. 10
of s 26 (Regulations) 11
Omission
Clause 9. Section 26-- 12
omit. 13
of s 32 (Receipt of commission report) 14
Replacement
Clause 10. Section 32-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
may be tabled 17
`Reports
`32. A report under this Act that is received by a Minister may be tabled 18
in the Legislative Assembly. 19
making power 20
`Regulation
`33.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 21
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`(2) A regulation may make provision about the conduct of 1
commissions.'. 2
ART 4--AMENDMENT OF ELECTORAL ACT 1992 3
P
amended 4
Act
Clause 11. This part amends the Electoral Act 1992. 5
of s 111 (Electoral visitor voting) 6
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 111(1), `elector visitor'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`electoral visitor'. 9
of s 172 (Failure to post etc. documents on behalf of 10
Replacement
another person) 11
Clause 13. Section 172-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
to post or send documents for someone else 14
`Failure
`172.(1) A person commits an offence if the person-- 15
(a) is given a request under section 110 or 1112 to post or send by 16
facsimile to the Commission or a returning officer; and 17
(b) fails to promptly post it or send it by facsimile to the 18
Commission or returning officer. 19
`(2) A person commits an offence if the person-- 20
(a) is given a declaration envelope under section 110(5)(d)(ii) to post 21
2 Section 110 deals with declaration voting using posted voting papers.
Section 111 deals with electoral visitor voting.
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to the Commission or returning officer; and 1
(b) fails to promptly post it to the Commission or returning officer. 2
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 3
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF JUDGES (PENSIONS 4
AND LONG LEAVE) ACT 1957 5
amended 6
Act
Clause 14. This part amends the Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957. 7
of s 15 (Leave of absence of Judges) 8
Amendment
Clause 15. Section 15(5)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(5) A Judge who is entitled to not less than 6 months additional leave of 11
absence under subsection (1) may, with the Governor in Council's 12
approval, take the additional leave in 2 or more separate periods.'. 13
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886 14
amended 15
Act
Clause 16. This part amends the Justices Act 1886. 16
of new s 268A 17
Insertion
Clause 17. After section 268-- 18
insert-- 19
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of forms on 18 June 1993 1
`Approval
`268A.(1) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the forms approved 2
for this Act by the chief executive on 18 June 1993 are taken to be, and 3
always to have been, validly approved. 4
`(2) This section expires on the day it commences.'. 5
and omission of s 269 (Declaration about effect of 6
Amendment
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992) 7
Clause 18.(1) Section 269 (as inserted by the Justice and Attorney-General 8
Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993)-- 9
insert-- 10
`(2) This section is a law to which section 20A of the Acts Interpretation 11
Act 1954 applies.'. 12
(2) Section 269, as amended-- 13
omit. 14
of new s 271 15
Insertion
Clause 19. After section 270-- 16
insert-- 17
of places and districts 18
`Continuation
`271.(1) In this section-- 19
"amending Act" means the Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) 20
Act 1992. 21
"amendment day" means the day the amendments of the Decentralisation 22
of Magistrates Courts Act 1965 made by the amending Act 23
commenced.3 24
`(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, despite the enactment of the 25
amending Act-- 26
3 The amendment day was 14 August 1992.
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(a) the boundaries of each Magistrates Court district or division 1
immediately before the amendment day continued to be the 2
boundaries for the district or division; and 3
(b) a division of the Brisbane district continued to be a district for this 4
Act and any other law conferring jurisdiction on Magistrates 5
Courts; and 6
(c) every place appointed in each division of the Brisbane district 7
continued to be a place appointed under this Act for holding a 8
Magistrates Court. 9
`(3) This section is a law to which the Acts Interpretation Act, 10
section 20A applies. 11
`(4) This section expires 1 year after the day on which it commences or, 12
if an earlier day is prescribed under a regulation, that day.'. 13
ART 7--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE 14
P
PEACE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR 15
DECLARATIONS ACT 1991 16
amended 17
Act
Clause 20. This part amends the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for 18
Declarations Act 1991. 19
of s 5 (Membership) 20
Amendment
Clause 21.(1) Section 5, paragraphs (b) to (e)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(b) 1 is to be an officer of the public service in the department in 23
which the Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 24
1991 is administered; and 25
`(c) 1 is to be an officer of the public service in the department in 26
which the Community Services (Aborigines) Act 1984 and 27
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Community Services (Torres Strait) Act 1984 are administered; 1
and 2
`(d) 1 is to be a police officer; and'. 3
(2) Section 5(g), `4'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`5'. 6
(3) Section 5(f) and (g), as amended-- 7
renumber as section 5(e) and (f). 8
of s 12 (Registrar of justices of the peace and 9
Replacement
commissioners for declarations) 10
Clause 22. Section 12-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
and deputy registrars 13
`Registrar
`12.(1) The following officers may be appointed under the Public Service 14
Management and Employment Act 1988-- 15
(a) a registrar of justices of the peace and commissioners for 16
declarations; 17
(b) deputy registrars of justices of the peace and commissioners for 18
declarations. 19
`(2) A deputy registrar may exercise the powers of the registrar.'. 20
of s 16 (Qualifications of office) 21
Amendment
Clause 23.(1) Section 16(a), `, upon the recommendation of the Minister,'-- 22
omit. 23
(2) Section 16-- 24
insert-- 25
`(2) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to the appointment of a retired 26
Magistrate as a justice of the peace (magistrates court) if the person applies 27
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for the appointment within 5 years after the person's retirement as a 1
Magistrate.'. 2
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT 1867 3
amended 4
Act
Clause 24. This part amends the Oaths Act 1867. 5
of heading before s 1 6
Replacement
Clause 25. Heading before section 1-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`PART 1--PRELIMINARY 9
`Short title 10
`1A. This Act may be cited as the Oaths Act 1867. 11
`Definitions 12
`1B. In this Act-- 13
"court of justice" includes a person authorised to administer oaths to 14
witnesses. 15
"presiding Judge" includes a person authorised to administer oaths to 16
witnesses. 17
"State" includes a Territory. 18
`PART 2--OATHS OF OFFICE AND ALLEGIANCE'. 19
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of heading before s 6 1
Replacement
Clause 26. Heading before section 6-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`PART 3--DECLARATIONS SUBSTITUTED FOR 4
CERTAIN OFFICIAL OATHS'. 5
of heading before s 13 6
Replacement
Clause 27. Heading before section 13-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`PART 4--STATUTORY DECLARATIONS'. 9
of s 13 (Persons entitled to take declarations) 10
Replacement
Clause 28. Section 13-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
may take declarations 13
`Who
`13.(1) A person's declaration may be taken by-- 14
(a) a justice, commissioner for declarations or notary public under 15
the law of the State, the Commonwealth or another State; or 16
(b) a lawyer; or 17
(c) a conveyancer, or another person authorised to administer an 18
oath, under the law of the State, the Commonwealth or another 19
State. 20
`(2) This section applies to a declaration taken for Queensland law, 21
whether it is taken inside or outside Queensland (including outside 22
Australia). 23
`(3) In this section-- 24
"taken" includes received.'. 25
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of headings 1
Omission
Clause 29. Headings before sections 14 and 15-- 2
omit. 3
of heading before s 17 4
Replacement
Clause 30. Heading before section 17-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`PART 5--SOLEMN AFFIRMATIONS AND 7
DECLARATIONS'. 8
of headings 9
Omission
Clause 31. Headings before sections 18 and 19 and headings to sections 18(2) 10
and 19(2)-- 11
omit. 12
of heading before s 21 13
Replacement
Clause 32. Heading before section 21-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`PART 6--OTHER OATHS'. 16
of headings 17
Omission
Clause 33. Headings before sections 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31 and 34-- 18
omit. 19
of s 29 20
Amendment
Clause 34.(1) Section 29, as heading-- 21
insert-- 22
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`Interpreter's oath to interpret between a prisoner, defendant or 1
witness and others'. 2
(2) Section 29(1), before `FOREIGN WITNESS', heading-- 3
omit. 4
of heading before s 32 5
Replacement
Clause 35. Heading before section 32-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS'. 8
of s 35 (Commencement of Act--Short title) and 9
Replacement
heading before s 35 10
Clause 36. Section 35 and heading before the section-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
to Oaths Act Amendment Acts 13
`References
`43. In an Act or document, a reference to any of the following Acts is 14
taken to be a reference to this Act, and a reference to a provision of any of 15
the following Acts that was relocated to this Act is taken to be a reference to 16
the corresponding provision of this Act-- 17
· Oaths Act Amendment Act 1876 18
· Oaths Act Amendment Act 1884 19
· Oaths Act Amendment Act 1981.'. 20
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ART 9--AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT 1
P
AMENDMENT ACT 1876 2
amended 3
Act
Clause 37. This part amends the Oaths Act Amendment Act 1876. 4
of ss 3 and 4 5
Relocation
Clause 38. Sections 3 and 4-- 6
relocate to Oaths Act 1867, in part 7, as sections 35 and 36. 7
PART 10--AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT 8
AMENDMENT ACT 1884 9
amended 10
Act
Clause 39. This part amends the Oaths Act Amendment Act 1884. 11
of s 3 (Interpreters) 12
Amendment
Clause 40. Section 3, `2'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`37'. 15
of ss 2 and 3 16
Relocation
Clause 41. Sections 2 and 3 (as amended)-- 17
relocate to Oaths Act 1867, in part 11, as sections 37 and 38. 18
s 42 19 s 44
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PART 11--AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT 1
AMENDMENT ACT 1891 2
amended 3
Act
Clause 42. This part amends the Oaths Act Amendment Act 1891. 4
of s 2 (Interpreter) 5
Amendment
Clause 43. Section 2, `1'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`39'. 8
of s 3 (Justices and other persons may take affidavits) 9
Replacement
Clause 44. Section 3-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
may take affidavits 12
`Who
`3.(1) A person's affidavit may be taken by any of the following persons 13
without a commission being issued for the purpose-- 14
(a) a justice, commissioner for declarations or notary public under 15
the law of the State, the Commonwealth or another State; 16
(b) a lawyer; 17
(c) a conveyancer, or another person authorised to administer an 18
oath, under the law of the State, the Commonwealth or another 19
State. 20
`(2) This section applies to an affidavit taken for Queensland law, 21
whether it is taken inside or outside Queensland (including outside 22
Australia). 23
`(3) In this section-- 24
"taken" includes received and sworn.'. 25
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of ss 1-3 1
Relocation
Clause 45. Sections 1 to 3-- 2
relocate to Oaths Act 1867, in part 7, as sections 39, 40 and 41. 3
of schedule 4
Relocation
Clause 46. Schedule-- 5
relocate to Oaths Act 1867. 6
PART 12--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF 7
QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 8
amended 9
Act
Clause 47. This part amends the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991. 10
of sch 2 (Consequential and other amendments) 11
Amendment
Clause 48.(1) Schedule 2, amendment of Supreme Court Act 1921, section 7-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Section 7, sentence starting `As and when directed'-- 14
omit.'. 15
(2) This section is taken to have commenced on the commencement of 16
the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991. 17
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ART 13--REPEALS 1
P
2
Repeals
Clause 49. The following Acts (as amended by this Act) are repealed-- 3
· Oaths Act Amendment Act 1876 40 Vic No. 10 4
· Oaths Act Amendment Act 1884 48 Vic No. 19 5
· Oaths Act Amendment Act 1891 55 Vic No. 14. 6
7
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