Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Constitution Act 1975 - SECT 6A

Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator5

6A. Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator5



(1) There shall be-

   (a)  a Lieutenant-Governor of the State; and

   (b)  an Administrator of the State.

(2) The appointment of a person as Lieutenant-Governor shall be during Her
Majesty's pleasure by Commission under Her Majesty's Sign Manual and the
Public Seal of the State.

(3) The Administrator is-

   (a)  the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; or

   (b)  if-

   (i)  the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is the Lieutenant-Governor; or





   (ii) there is a vacancy in the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
        or the Chief Justice is absent from the State or unable or unwilling
        to act as Administrator-

the most senior judge of the Supreme Court who is present in the State and
able and willing to act as Administrator-

and shall be deemed to have been appointed as Administrator during Her
Majesty's pleasure.

(4) A person may be appointed as Administrator during Her Majesty's pleasure
by Commission under Her Majesty's Sign Manual and the Public Seal of the
State.

(5) Subsection (3) does not apply if-

   (a)  there is an Administrator appointed under subsection (4); and

   (b)  that Administrator is present in the State and able and willing to
        act.

(6) The Lieutenant-Governor or Administrator must not assume the
administration of the government of the State or act as the Governor's deputy
unless the Lieutenant-Governor or Administrator, as the case may be, has taken
on that occasion, or has previously taken, the Oath or Affirmation of
Allegiance and the Oath or Affirmation of Office in the presence of the Chief
Justice or another judge of the Supreme Court.