Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 16A

                   Where, in an Act, the Governor‑General is referred to, the reference shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be deemed to include:

                     (a)  the person for the time being administering the Government of the Commonwealth; or

                     (b)  where the reference occurs in or in relation to a provision conferring on the Governor‑General a power or function which the Governor‑General or the person administering the Government of the Commonwealth has for the time being assigned to a person as his deputy, that last‑mentioned person in his capacity as deputy;

and shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as referring to the Governor‑General, or a person so deemed to be included in the reference, acting with the advice of the Executive Council.