The Deputy Governors Powers Act 1911 (SA)
ANNO SECUNDO
GEORGII V REGIS.
A. | D. 1911-12. |
No. 1072.
An Act to provide for the Exercise by Deputy of certain
Powers and Authorities vested in the Governor.
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HEREAS by certain Letters Patent passed under the Great Seal
Preamble.
of the United Kingdom of | Great. Britain and Ireland, bearing |
date the twerity-ninth day of' October, one thousand nine hundred, permanent provision was made for the office of Governor in and over the State of South Australia and its Dependencies in the Com- monwealth of -4ustralia: And whereas by the said Letters Patent it is provided that in certain circumstan>es all the powers and authorities therein granted to the Governor shall be vested in the Lieutenant-Governor of the State, or, if there be no such Officer in the State, then in such person or persons as may be appointed by Royal Sign Manual and Signet to administer the Government of the State: And whereas by the said Letters Patent it is further pro- vided that in certain circumstances the Governor may, by an Instru- ment under the Public Seal of the State, constitute and appoint a Deputy in the State to exercise, perform, and execute for and on behalf of the Governor, during his temporary absence from the seat of Government or from the State, all such powers and authorities '
vested in the Governor by the said Letters Patent as shall in and by such Instrun~ent be spe&fied and limited: And whereas doubts have arisen as to the extent of the powers and authorities which any such Deputy if and when appointed may exercise, and i t is desirable to set such doubts at rest-Be it therefore Enacted by the
Governor of the said State of | South Australia, with the advice and |
cmsent of the Parliament thereof, as follows:
1, This
2' GEORGII V, No.1072.
910. |
The Deputy Governor's Powers |
Act, 1910."
" The said Letters Patent " means the Letters Patent mentioned in the preamble of this Act,, or any Letters Patent at any time passed in lieu thereof or in addition thereto :-
L' The State." means the State of South Australia.
of government or from the State all the powers and authorities | |
conferred upon or vested in the Governor by any statutory or ~ t h e r law or usage of the State, as well as the powers and authorities con- ferred upon or vested in the Governor by the said Letters Patent, shall and may be exercised, performed, ancl executed by the person appointed by the Governor to be his I)el)uty during such absence, subject nevertheless to anything expressed in the instrument appointing such Deputy. |
Lieutenant Cro~e~nor, or such other person as is appointed as afore- said to administer the Government of the State, the provisions of section
S shall apply to the person appointed to be the Deputy of the Lieutenant-Governor, or of such other person appointed to
administer the Government as af~resa~id, | during his tempr~rary |
absence from the seat of Government or from the State, subject nevertheless to anything expressed in the instrument appointing such Deputy.
Act to be
5, Any exercise, performance, or execution before the passing of |
this Act of m y of the powers or authorities hereinbefore mentioned, shall be and be deemed to have been of the same validity, and shall | have and be deemed to have had the same force and effect, as if this |
Act had been in force at the time of such exercise, performance, or execution. |
I reserve this Act for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure.
DAY H. BOSANQUET, Governor.
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