ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 16A References to the Governor - General

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 16A

    Where, in an Act, the Governor - General is referred to, the reference shall 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 or her deputy, that last - mentioned person in his or her capacity as deputy;

and shall 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.