Liquor Act Amendment Act 1975 (No. 2) (Qld)

975 ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 79 of 1975 An Act to amend the LiquorAct 1912- 1975 in certain Particulars [ASSENTED TO 16TH DECEMBER, 1975] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and - citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Liquor Act Amendment Act 1975 (No. 2). (2) In this Act the Liquor Act1912-1975 is referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Liquor Act1912-1975. 2. Amendment of s. 5A. Section 5A of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) omitting subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) and substituting the following subsections:- " (2) The Governor in Council shall, from time to time as he thinks necessary, by notice published in the Gazette. notify the name of a Judge or the names of Judges of District Courts who will be the Judge or Judges to constitute the Licensing Court. If for any reason whatever the conduct of the business of -the Licensing Court, in the opinion of the Governor in Council. requires that a notification pursuant to this subsection be in

976 LiquorAct Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975, No. 79 respect of a limited period or a particular occasion the Governor in Council may notify the name of a Judge of District Courts to constitute the Licensing Court during the period or on the occasion specified in the notice published in the Gazette. (3) The Licensing Court shall be constituted by the Judge notified by name pursuant to subsection (2) or where more than one Judge is so notified, either without limit of time or in respect of a limited period or particular occasion, by one of those Judges. (4) Any Judge of District Courts notified by name pursuant to subsection (2) may constitute the Licensing Court notwithstanding that any other such Judge so notified is also constituting the court at the time."; (b) renumbering subsections (6) and (7) as subsections (5) and (6) respectively. 3. Existing authority preserved . Any Judge of District Courts who, immediately before the commencement of this Act. was charged pursuant to section 5A of the Principal Act with the duty of constituting the Licensing Court of Queensland shall continue to be so authorized and charged in accordance with that section as amended by this Act and it shall be deemed that he was notified by name to constitute that court pursuant to section 5A (2) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.