Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts1 This reprint is a compilation as at 13 July 2007 of the
Constitution Act 1889 and includes the amendments made by the other
written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains
information about any reprint.
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Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
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The Constitution
Act 1889 14 |
1889 (52 Vict. No. 23) |
Reserved for Royal Assent 29 Apr 1889. Assented
to 15 Aug 1890 |
Act except for Pt. III: 21 Oct 1890 (see
s. 77 and Gazette 23 Oct 1890
p. 790-1); |
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The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1893
s. 2 |
1893 (57 Vict. No. 14) |
13 Oct 1893 |
18 Oct 1893 (see s. 1) |
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The Constitution Act 1889 Amendment
Act 1894 s. 2 |
1894 (58 Vict. No. 15) |
8 Nov 1894 |
8 Nov 1894 |
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Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896
s. 2 |
1896 (60 Vict. No. 18) |
8 Oct 1896 |
12 Apr 1897 (see Gazette
12 Apr 1897 p. 683) |
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Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899
s. 2 |
1899 (63 Vict. No. 19) |
Reserved for Royal Assent 16 Dec 1899. Assented to
18 May 1900 |
18 May 1900 (see s. 52 and Gazette
18 May 1900 p. 1686 |
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Constitution Act Amendment
Act 1900 |
1900 (64 Vict. No. 5) (as amended by No. 45
of 1963) |
5 Dec 1900 |
5 Dec 1900 |
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Aborigines Act 1905 s. 65 |
14 of 1905 (5 Edw. VII
No. 14) |
Reserved for Royal Assent 23 Dec 1905. Assented to
4 Apr 1906 15 |
1 Apr 1898 (see s. 65) |
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Constitution Act Amendment
Act 1921 |
34 of 1921 (12 Geo. V
No. 34) |
30 Dec 1921 |
30 Dec 1921 |
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8 of 1925 (16 Geo. V No. 8) |
24 Sep 1925 |
24 Sep 1925 |
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35 of 1950 (14 and 15 Geo. VI
No. 35) |
16 Dec 1950 |
16 Dec 1950 |
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Reprint of The Constitution Act 1889 approved
30 Nov 1964 in Volume 19 of Reprinted Acts (includes amendments listed
above) |
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Statute Law Revision Act 1970
s. 4 |
10 of 1970 |
29 Apr 1970 |
29 Apr 1970 |
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Reprint of the Constitution Act 1889 approved
29 Apr 1971 (includes amendments listed above) |
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Acts Amendment (Constitution) Act 1978
Pt. I |
59 of 1978 |
Reserved for Royal Assent 20 Sep
1978. |
22 Dec 1978 (see Interpretation Act 1918 s. 8 and
Gazette 22 Dec 1978 p. 4769-70) |
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Constitution Act Amendment
Act 1979 |
88 of 1979 |
11 Dec 1979 |
11 Dec 1979 |
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Constitution Amendment Act (No. 3)
1980 |
15 of 1980 |
15 Oct 1980 |
15 Oct 1980 |
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Reprint of the Constitution Act 1889 as
approved 30 Apr 1982 (includes amendments listed above) |
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Acts Amendment and Repeal (Disqualification for
Parliament)
Act 1984 |
78 of 1984 |
14 Nov 1984 |
1 Jul 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette
17 May 1985 p. 1671) |
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Australia Act 1986
(U.K.) |
1986 c. 2 |
17 Feb 1986 |
3 Mar 1986 at 5 a.m. GMT
(see Statutory Instruments 1986 No. 319
c. 8) |
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Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987
Pt. II |
40 of 1987 |
12 Jul 1987 |
30 Oct 1987 (see s. 2 and Gazette
30 Oct 1987 p. 3977) |
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Constitution Amendment Act 1987 |
51 of 1987 |
30 Oct 1987 |
30 Oct 1987 (see s. 2) |
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Reprint of the Constitution Act 1889 as at
1 Mar 1993 (includes amendments listed above) |
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Financial Administration Legislation Amendment
Act 1993 s. 9 and 11 |
6 of 1993 |
27 Aug 1993 |
1 Jul 1993
(see s. 2(1)) |
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Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2)
1998 s. 76 |
10 of 1998 |
30 Apr 1998 |
30 Apr 1998
(see s. 2(1)) |
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Reprint of the Constitution Act 1889 as at
3 Jul 2000 (includes amendments listed above) |
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Electoral Amendment Act 2000
s. 22 |
36 of 2000 |
10 Oct 2000 |
21 Oct 2000 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette
20 Oct 2000 p. 5899) |
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Constitution (Parliamentary Privileges) Amendment
Act 2004 Pt. 2 |
41 of 2004 |
3 Nov 2004 |
3 Nov 2004 (see s. 2) |
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Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations
(Consequential Provisions) Act 2005 Pt. 3 |
24 of 2005 |
2 Dec 2005 |
1 Jan 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette
23 Dec 2005 p. 6244) |
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Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006
s. 4 and 5(1) |
77 of 2006 |
21 Dec 2006 |
1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette
19 Jan 2007 p. 137) |
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Reprint 6: The Constitution Act 1889 as at
13 Jul 2007 (includes amendments listed above) |
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N.B.: The Constitution Act 1889 was or is affected
by —
An Act to augment Ministerial Salaries. 55 Vict. No. 23
(1892).
(Repealed by 60 Vict. No. 18.)
The Officers of Parliament Act 1893. (56 Vict.
No. 17).
(Repealed by 63 Vict. No. 19.)
Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1933. (No. 25 of
1933).
(Amended by Act No. 46 of 1963 s. 10. Repealed by
Act No. 57 of 1965.)
Constitution Acts Amendment (Temporary) Act 1934. (No. 3
of 1934).
(Expired on 31 December 1934 (see s. 4). Repealed
by Act No. 57 of 1965.)
Judges’ Retirement Act 1937.
(No. 8 of 1937).
Constitution Acts Amendment
Act 1942. (No. 29 of 1942).
(Amended by Act No. 45 of
1950 and Act No. 46 of 1963 s. 10. Repealed by Act No. 57
of 1965.)
2 I.e.: 13 and 14 Victoria c. 59 (1850)
s. 32.
3 Section 6 was originally composed of three paragraphs. The
second and third paragraphs were repealed by the Acts Amendment and
Repeal (Disqualification for Parliament) Act 1984 s. 4. The first
paragraph ceased to operate on 18 October 1893. See
s. 43.
4 This provision ceased to operate on 18 October 1893.
See s. 43.
5 Now see Electoral Act 1907.
6 Part III commenced 18 Oct 1893 (see Gazette
18 July 1893 p. 727).
7 Now see the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899
s. 11.
8 Also see Judges’ Retirement Act 1937
s. 3.
9 Now see Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor
General Act 2006.
10 Australia Act 1986
(U.K.) s. 9(2) and Australia Act 1986
(Cwlth) s. 9(2) (set out in the Schedules to the Australia Acts
(Request) Act 1985 (WA)) read as follows:
“
(2) No law or instrument shall be of any force or effect in so far as it
purports to require the reservation of any Bill for an Act of a State for
the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon.
”.
11 Sections 69 and 70 and Schedules B and C have been
repealed.
12 The reference to the “Aborigines Protection
Board” was used only in s. 70 which has been repealed. The
Aborigines Protection Act 1886 was repealed by
the Statute Law Revision Act 1964.
13 See Western Australia
Constitution Act 1890 (U.K.) (53 and 54 Vict. c. 26)
s. 2 which effected these repeals as from the proclamation of this
Act in WA i.e. 21 October 1890. As to the proviso in s. 2 of
that Act, now see Australia Act 1986 (U.K.)
s. 7-9. Paragraph (a) of the proviso reads as follows:
“
(a) The provisions of the Acts of the session held in the
13th and 14th years of Her Majesty, chapter 59,
and of the session held in the 5th and 6th years of Her
Majesty, chapter 76 (being 2 of the Acts mentioned in the said schedule), which
relate to the giving or withholding of Her Majesty’s assent to Bills, ...
and the instructions to be conveyed to Governors for their guidance in relation
to the matters aforesaid, and the disallowance of Bills by Her Majesty, shall
apply to Bills to be passed by the Legislative Council and Assembly constituted
under the scheduled Bill and this Act, and by any other legislative body or
bodies which may at any time hereafter be substituted for the said Legislative
Council and Assembly.
”.
[Note the proviso was amended by the
Australian States Constitution Act 1907
(U.K.) (7 Ed. VII c. 7).]
14 Now known as the Constitution Act 1889;
short title amended (see note under s. 78).
15 The Aborigines Act 1905 commenced
on 23 April 1906 (see s. 1 and Gazette 20 Apr 1906
p. 1221, 21 Apr 1906 p. 1261 and 27 Apr 1906 p. 1263).
It is not clear why there were 3 Gazettals.