SOLICITOR-GENERAL.
No. 28 of 1916.
An
Act relating to the Solicitor-General.
[Assented
to 30th September, 1916.]
BE
it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Solicitor-General Act 1916 and shall be deemed to have commenced on
the first day of September, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
Office
of Solicitor-General.
2.—(1.) The Governor-General may appoint a person to
be the Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth; and in case of the illness or
absence of the Solicitor-General the Governor-General may appoint a person to
act as Solicitor-General during such illness or absence.
(2.) The Solicitor-General shall have such duties
and functions as are prescribed by or under any Act, or as are delegated to him
by the Attorney-General in pursuance of this Act.
Delegation
of powers by the Attorney-General.
3.—(1.) The Attorney-General may by writing under his
hand delegate any of his powers or functions under any Act (except this power
of delegation) so that the delegated powers may be exercised by the
Solicitor-General as fully and effectually as by the Attorney-General.
(2.) Every delegation under this section shall be
revocable in writing at will; and no delegation shall prevent the exercise of
any power by the Attorney-General.
(3.) Every delegation under this section and
every instrument revoking any such delegation shall be notified in the Gazette.