Government Solicitor (Amendment) Act 1991 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Government Solicitor (Amendment) Act 1991

No. 61 of 1991

An Act to amend the Government Solicitor Act 1989

[Notified in ACT Gazette S117:  29 October 1991]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Government Solicitor (Amendment) Act 1991.

Principal Act

2.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Government Solicitor Act 1989.1

Interpretation

3.   Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by omitting the definition of “Government Law Office”; and

(b)by inserting the following definition:

“ ‘relevant administrative unit’ means the administrative unit of the Public Service to which the Chief Minister has, under paragraph 6 (2) (b) of the Public Service Act 1989, allocated responsibility for this Act;”.

Government Solicitor

4.  Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (4) “Government Law Office” and substituting “relevant administrative unit”.

Transitional

5.  An authorisation given under subsection 5 (4) of the Principal Act and having effect immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, on and after the date of that commencement, have effect as if given on that date under subsection 5 (4) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, but may be revoked or varied under subsection 27 (1) of the Interpretation Act 1967.

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NOTE

1. Ordinance No. 36, 1989 as amended by No. 21, 1989.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 19 September 1991]

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