CONSTITUTION OF QUEENSLAND 2001 - SECT 40
Delegation by Governor to Deputy Governor
CONSTITUTION OF QUEENSLAND 2001 - SECT 40
Delegation by Governor to Deputy Governor
40 Delegation by Governor to Deputy Governor
(1) The Governor may delegate all or any of the Governor’s powers to the
person mentioned in subsection (2) during and only during any or all
periods—
(a) the Governor is temporarily absent for a short period from the
seat of government, except when administering the Government of the
Commonwealth; or
(b) the Governor is ill and there are reasonable grounds for
believing the illness will be of short duration.
(2) The person to whom the
Governor’s powers may be delegated is—
(a) the Lieutenant-Governor; or
(b) if there is no Lieutenant-Governor in the State and able to act—the
Chief Justice; or
(c) if there is no Chief Justice in the State and able to
act—the next most senior judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland who is in
the State and able to act.
(3) The delegation must be by instrument under the
Public Seal of the State and specify the powers given to the delegate.
(4) A
person exercises the Governor’s powers under a delegation as Deputy
Governor.