Attorney General (Vacancy in Office) Act 1922 (WA)

ATTORNEY GENERAL (VACANCY

IN OFFICE).

13° GEO. V., No. VI.

No. 24 of 1922.

AN ACT to provide for the exercise of the powers of the Attorney General during any vacancy in the office, and for other relative purposes.

[Assented to 13th November, 1922.]

Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, inBE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, byand with the advice and consent of the Legislative

this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows:-

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Attorney General

(Vacancy in Office) Act, 1922.

2.    Whenever there shall be any vacancy in the office of

Minister for

Justice may be

appointed to	Attorney General, the Governor may appoint some person
exercise powers
of Attorney	(being a member of Parliament) to be Minister for Justice
General.

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for the purposes of this Act, and the Minister so appointed shall have and may exercise all or any of the powers that would be exercisable by an Attorney General, whether by virtue of any statute or otherwise.

Any Minister for Justice heretofore appointed shall be deemed to have had such powers as aforesaid during any

Minister for Jus-

tice here ofa

appointed deemed ed

to hearvse had

vacancy in the office of Attorney General, and full authority

powers Attor-

ney Genera/.

to exercise all or any of such powers.

3.

The Minister for Justice in office at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed for the

Present Minister

for t itcoe have

deemed

been appointed

'purposes of this Act, and shall have and may exercise such

pursuant to Ms

Act.

powers as aforesaid accordingly.

5. Whenever, under any statute or otherwise, any act is re- quired to be done by, to, or with reference to the Attorney

Minister for

Justice to repre-

sent Attorney

General.

General of the State, then, during any vacancy in the office of Attorney General, the act may be done by, to, or with re- ference to the Minister for Justice, and any such act hereto- fore done by, to, or with reference to a Minister for Justice shall be deemed to have been done by, to, or with reference to the Attorney General.

4.

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to give any Minis- ter for Justice the right of audience in any court of law.	Minister for
Justice not en-
titled to audience
in courts.

6.