Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Australian Government Solicitor (Consequential Amendments) Act 1984 No. 10 of 1984 - SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE
Section 3
AMENDMENT OF ACTS
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-- Aboriginal Councils and
Associations Act 1976       Sub-section 27 (5)-


   (a)  Omit ''Crown Solicitor'' (first occurring),
substitute ''Secretary to the Attorney-General's
Department or a person authorized under
sub-section 55E (4) of the Judiciary Act 1903''.

   (b)  Omit ''under the hand of the Crown Solicitor
or an officer of the Attorney-General's Department
authorized by the Crown Solicitor to issue such
certificates'', substitute ''signed by the
Secretary or by a person so authorized''.

Australian National
Airlines Repeal Act 1981    Section 7-


   (a)  Omit ''Crown Solicitor'' (first occurring),
substitute ''Secretary to the Attorney-General's
Department or a person authorized under
sub-section 55E (4) of the Judiciary Act 1903''.

   (b)  Omit ''Crown Solicitor or by an officer of
the Attorney-General's Department authorized by
the Crown Solicitor for the purpose'', substitute
''Secretary or by a person so authorized''.

Bankruptcy Act 1966  . .    Paragraph 42 (1) (a)-
Omit the paragraph, substitute the following
paragraph:
''(a) the Secretary to the Attorney-General's
Department, or the CrownSolicitor of the State, as
the case may be; or''.
Paragraph 42 (1) (b)-
Omit ''or of the State'', substitute '', or of
the State, as the case may be,''.

Broadcasting and
Television Act 1942         Sub-section 21A (1)-

Omit ''Crown Solicitor for the Commonwealth'',
substitute ''Secretary to the Attorney-General's
Department''.

Commonwealth Functions (Statutes Review) Act
1981                        Sub-section 16 (1)-


   (a)  Omit ''Crown Solicitor'' (first occurring),
substitute ''Secretary to the Attorney-General's
Department or a person authorizedunder sub-section
55E (4) of the Judiciary Act 1903''.

   (b)  Omit ''Crown Solicitor or by an officer of
the Attorney-General's Department authorized by
the Crown Solicitor for the purpose'', substitute
''Secretary or by a person so authorized''.
Sub-section 30 (1)-

   (a)  Omit ''Crown Solicitor'' (first occurring),
substitute ''Secretary to the Attorney-General's
Department or a person authorized under
sub-section 55E (4) of the Judiciary Act 1903''.

   (b)  Omit ''Crown Solicitor or by an officer of
the Attorney-General's Department authorized by
the Crown Solicitor for the purpose'', substitute
''Secretary or by a person so authorized''.

Crimes Act 1914  . . . .    Sub-section 20AA (6)-
Omit ''Deputy Crown Solicitor in that State or
Territory'', substitute ''Director of Legal
Services, in that State or Territory, in the
Attorney- General's Department''.

Defence (Visiting
Forces) Act 1963            Sub-section 17 (2)-

Omit ''Crown Solicitor for the Commonwealth'',
substitute ''Australian Government Solicitor''.
Sub-section 28 (2)-
Omit the sub-section, substitute the following
sub-section:
''(2) The Attorney-General shall not delegate
any of his powers and functions in relation to a
State except to the Secretary to the
Attorney-General's Department or to a person
authorized under sub-section 55E (4) of the
Judiciary Act 1903.''.

Director of Public
Prosecutions Act 1983       Paragraph 11 (1) (b)-

Omit the paragraph, substitute the following
paragraph:
''(b) a person authorized under sub-section 55E

(4) of the Judiciary Act 1903; or''.
Paragraph 15 (d)-
Omit ''or''.
Paragraph 15 (e)-
Omit the paragraph, substitute the following
paragraphs:
''(e) by counsel or solicitor; or

   (f)  by a prescribed person.''.
New sub-sections 15 (2) and (3)-
At the end of section 15, add the following
sub-sections:
''(2) Where, in relevant proceedings, the
Director is represented by a prescribed person,
section 16 applies, for the purposes of the
relevant proceedings, as if a reference in that
section to a member of the staff of the Office who
is a legal practitioner included a reference to
the prescribed person.
''(3) In this section-
'prescribed person' means-

   (a)  a person authorized under sub-section 55E

(4) of the Judiciary Act 1903; or

   (b)  an officer of the Attorney-General's
Department who is a legal practitioner and is
authorized in writing by the Secretary to that
Department, or by a person of the kind referred to
in paragraph (a), to represent the Director in
relevant proceedings;
'relevant proceedings' means-

   (a)  proceedings of a kind referred to in
paragraph (1) (a) or (c); or

   (b)  an inquest or inquiry of the kind referred
to in paragraph (1) (b),
whether instituted or commenced before or after
the commencement of this sub-section.''.
Sub-section 32 (1)-
Omit ''Crown Solicitor for the Crown Solicitor or
a Deputy Crown Solicitor'', substitute ''Secretary
to the Attorney-General's Department for a
person(in this sub-section referred to as the
'relevant person') authorized under sub-section
55E (4) of the Judiciary Act 1903''.
Paragraphs 32 (1) (a) and (b)-
Omit the paragraphs, substitute the following
paragraphs:
''(a) the relevant person may perform or
exercise those functions or powers accordingly; and

   (b)  sections 15 and 16 apply, for the purposes
of the performance or exercise of those functions
or powers by the relevant person, as if-

        (i)    a reference in those sections to the
Director included a reference to the relevant
person; and

        (ii)   a reference in those sections to a
member of the staff of the Office included a
reference to an officer of the Attorney-General's
Departmentwho is authorized in writing by the
relevant person to act on behalf of the relevant
person in the performance or exercise of those
functions or powers.''.
Sub-section 32 (3)-
Omit ''the Crown Solicitor or a Deputy Crown
Solicitor'', substitute ''aperson authorized under
sub-section 55E (4) of the Judiciary Act 1903, or
an officer of the Attorney-General's Department''.
Paragraph 32 (3) (b)-
At the end of the paragraph, add '', or, in the
case of an act done by an officer of the
Attorney-General's Department, that the officer
was not authorized as mentioned in sub-paragraph

(1) (b) (ii)''.

Lands Acquisition Act
1955 . . . . . . . . . .    Sub-section 15 (1)-


   (a)  Omit ''Crown Solicitor'' (first occurring),
substitute ''Secretary to the Attorney-General's
Department or a person authorized under
sub-section 55E (4) of the Judiciary Act 1903''.

   (b)  Omit all the words after ''certified'',
substitute ''by writing signed by the Secretary or
by a person so authorized''.
Paragraph 32 (1)(a)-
Omit ''Crown Solicitor'', substitute ''Secretary
to the Attorney- General's Department or of a
person authorized under sub-section 55E (4) of the
Judiciary Act 1903''.
Paragraph 32 (1)(b)-
Omit ''Crown Solicitor'', substitute ''Secretary
or a person so authorized''.
Paragraph 32 (1)(c)-
Omit ''Crown Solicitor'', substitute ''Secretary
or a person so authorized''.
Section 34-
Omit ''Crown Solicitor'', substitute ''Secretary
to the Attorney- General's Department or of a
person authorized under sub-section 55E (4) of the
Judiciary Act 1903''.
Section 58-
Omit ''Crown Solicitor'', substitute ''Secretary
to the Attorney- General's Department or a person
authorized under sub-section 55E (4) of the
Judiciary Act 1903''. Lands Acquisition (Northern Territory
Pastoral Leases) Act
1981                        Sub-section 9 (1)-


   (a)  Omit ''Crown Solicitor'' (first occurring),
substitute ''Secretary to the Attorney-General's
Department or a person authorized under
sub-section 55E (4) of the Judiciary Act 1903''.

   (b)  Omit all the words after ''certified'',
substitute ''by writing signed by the Secretary or
by a person so authorized''.

National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
Act 1975                    Section 8-


   (a)  Omit ''Crown Solicitor'' (first occurring),
substitute ''Secretary to the Attorney-General's
Department or a person authorized under
sub-section 55E (4) of the Judiciary Act 1903''.

   (b)  Omit ''under the hand of the Crown Solicitor
or of an officer of the Attorney-General's
Department authorized by the Crown Solicitor to
certify such copies'', substitute ''by writing
signed by the Secretary or by a person so
authorized''.

Northern Territory (Self- Government) Act
1978                        Sub-section 70 (7)-

Omit the sub-section, substitute the following
sub-section:
''(7) The Secretary to the Attorney-General's
Department or a person authorized under
sub-section 55E (4) of the Judiciary Act 1903
shall lodge with the registrar of titles of the
Territory a copy of a notice published under this
section, certified by writing signed by the
Secretary or by a person so authorized.''.