Australian Consular Officers' Notarial Powers and Evidence Acts Amendment Act of 1953 (2 Eliz Ii No. 14) (Qld)

ELECTRICITY—EVIDENCE. 95 PART III.— 2 E liz . II. No. 14,1953. Australian Consular Officers, Etc., Act. A mendments of “T he R egional E lectric (3 .) A member appointed to the office of chairman AA cuttsh , o 1 r 94 it 5 ietso pursuant to this section shall, subject to this Act, hold that office for the remainder of the period of office of his predecessor.” EVIDENCE. An Act to Amend “ The Australian Consular 2 N E o l . iz 1 . 4. II. T he Officers’ Notarial Powers and Evidence AC uosntrsuallaiarn Acts, 1946 to 1949,” in certain particulars. ON foftiacreirasl ’ P owers and [A ssented to 26 th N ovember , 1953.] E vidence A cts A mendment A ct of E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1953. B by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1. This Act may be cited as “ The Australian Sh°rt title Consular Officers’ Notarial Powers and Evidence Acts instruction. Amendment Act of 1953,” and shall be read as one with *“ The Australian Consular Officers’ Notarial Powers and Evidence Acts, 1946 to 1949,” herein referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively Collective cited as “ The Australian Consular Officers’ Notarial tltIe' Powers and Evidence Acts, 1946 to 1953.” 2. Section two of the Principal Act is amended— Amendments (i.) By repealing in that section the definition of the term “ Australian Consular Officer ” and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed definition, the following definition :— ““Australian Consular Officer”—A person ^u^raJmn appointed to hold or act in any of the following officer, offices (being an office of the Commonwealth of Australia) in a country or place outside Australia :— (а) Ambassador ; (б) High Commissioner; (c) Minister ; (d) Head of Mission ; (e) Commissioner; (/) Charge d’Affaires ; * 10 G. 6 No. 43 and amending Act.

96 EVIDENCE. Australian Consular Officers, Etc., Act. 2 E liz . II. No. 14,1953. (g) Counsellor or Secretary at an Embassy, High Commissioner’s Office, Legation or other post; (h) Consul General; (i) Consul ; (j) Vice-Consul; ( k ) Trade Commissioner ; and (l) Consular Agent; ” (ii.) By repealing in that section the definition of the term “ British Consular Officer Repeal of 3. Section four of the Principal Act is repealed and and new s. 4. the following section is inserted in lieu of that repealed section, namely :— Things “ [4.] Where any enactment in force at the required to commencement of this Act or thereafter in force requires, bbeefodroene authorises, or permits any notarial act to be done by, British or any oath or affidavit to be made or taken or any OCoffnicseurlsarmay document to be sealed or signed or acknowledged or be done declared before, any person appointed to hold or act in Abeufsotrrealian any diplomatic or consular office of the United Kingdom Consular of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, whether that Officers, &c. person is in that enactment referred to as British ambassador, envoy, minister, charge d’affaires, secretary of embassy or legation, consul-general, consul, vice-consul, or consular agent, or by any other title, then the same may be done by or, as the case may be, made or taken o sealed or signed or acknowledged or declared before either that person or any Australian Consular Officer and for that purpose every reference in that enactment to such person shall be deemed to also include a reference to an Australian Consular Officer within the meaning of this Act. For the purposes of this section the term “ enactment ” includes a provision of any Order in Council, regulation, rule, by-law or other instrument made pursuant to any Act of this State as well as an enactment of the Legislature of this State.” Retrospec­ tive operation. 4. The amendments of the Principal Act made by this Act shall be deemed to have been so made on the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and this Act shall have retrospective operation and effect on and from that date accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything done under the Principal Act before the passing of this Act. ’