Constitution Acts Amendment Act of 1959 (8 Eliz Ii No. 23) (Qld)

110 CONSTITUTION. Constitution Acts Amendment Act. 8 E liz . II. No. 23, Sums not exceeding £ Brought forward .. .. .. .. 540,335 4 9 D epartment of P ublic L ands and I rrigation . For Land Development and Department of Irrigation and Water Supply.................................................... 51,565 1 7 D epartment of D evelopment , M ines and M ain R oads . For Department of Main Roads .. .. .. 125,000 0 0 D epartment of R ailways . For General Establishment, Construction and General Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. 893,692 8 6 T otal S upplementary C harges upon L oan F und A ccount ........................... £1,610,592 14 10 8 N E o l . iz 2 . 3I. I. An Act to Declare the Scope of certain Provisions of T he C onstitution "The Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1957." A cts A mendment Act of 1959. [A ssented to 16 th A pril , 1959.] E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 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:— Short title. 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as “ The Constitution Acts Amendment Act of 1959.” Collective (2.) *“ The Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1957,” and title. this Act may be collectively cited as “ The Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1959.” Application. (3.) This Act applies as well to members of the present and every past Legislative Assembly as to the members of every Legislative Assembly hereafter to be summoned and chosen. * 31 Y. No. 38 and amending Acts.

CONSTITUTION. Ill 1959. Constitution Acts Amendment Act. 2. *“ The Constitution Act of 1867,” as heretofore New s. 7 a amended, is further amended by inserting after section mserted‘ seven thereof, the following section :— “[7 a .] (1.) Sections six and seven of this Act Scope of ^ and the provisions relating to a public contractor of ss‘ 6 an ' section seven of t“ The Legislative Assembly Acts, 1867 to 1946 ” extend, and it is hereby declared have always extended, only to contracts or agreements for the furnishing or providing of wares and merchandise to be used or employed in the service of the public. (2.) Without limit to the generality of subsection one of this section, sections six and seven of this Act and the provisions relating to a public contractor of section seven of f“ The Legislative Assembly Aits , 1867 to 1946” do not extend, and it is hereby declared never have extended,— (a) To any lease, license to occupy, or other contract or agreement whereby any estate or interest in land is held under the Crown pursuant to J“ The Land Acts, 1910 to 1958,” or pursuant to those Acts and any other Act relating to the alienation of Crown land within Queensland, or pursuant to any other Act or Acts relating to the alienation of Crown land within Queensland, or whereby the right to hold under the Crown any such estate or interest is acquired, or agreed to be acquired, from any other person; (b) To any lease, license, authority, permit or other contract or agreement relating to mining, dredging, searching, or prospecting for, or the obtaining of, petroleum, coal, gold or any other mineral in or on any Crown land in Queensland ; (c) To any contract or agreement with the Insurance Commissioner under and within the meaning of §“ The Workers' Compensation Acts, 1916 to 1959,” and ||“ The Insurance* * * § * 31 V. No. 38. t 31 V. No. 21 and amending Acts. X 1 G. 5 No. 15 and amending Acts. § 6 G. 5 No. 35 and amending Acts. || 7 G. 5 No. 27 and amending Acts.

112 CONSTITUTION. Constitution Acts Amendment Act. 8 E liz . II. No. 23, 1959. Acts, 1916 to 1940,” in relation to any class of insurance business carried on by the said Commissioner as representing the Crown ; ( d) To any contract or agreement securing the repayment of the principal, or the payment of interest on, or both the repayment of principal and the payment of interest on, moneys lent to the Crown or to any Crown corporation or instrumentality or corporation or instrumentality representing the Crown.” Savings. 3. (1.) Any suit, action or proceeding against a member of the present Legislative Assembly instituted under section seven of *“ The Constitution Act of 1867,” as heretofore amended, before, and pending at, the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine, may be carried on and prosecuted by the person who instituted it as if this Act had not been passed, and no such suit, action or proceeding shall be affected by this Act. (2.) A member of the present Legislative Assembly shall not by virtue only of the continuance against him of any suit, action or proceeding specified in subsection one of this section, or the recovery against him therein of any forfeiture prescribed by section seven of *“ The Constitution Act of 1867,” as heretofore amended, be, or be deemed ever to have been, disabled or incapable to sit or vote in the present Legislative Assembly, or liable to have his seat declared by the present Legislative Assembly to be void. * 31 V. No. 28.