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Constitution Act 1867
Constitution Act 1867
Note—For text of
Australia Act 1986
(Imp.), s 13 see
Australia Acts (Request) Act 1985
No. 69, sch 2.
Note also—References to ‘Pring’s Statutes’ and to Colonial Acts were omitted from the sectional notes throughout this Act by Act of 1903 3 Edw 7 No. 10 s 10sch 3.
Preamble om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
An Act to consolidate the laws relating to the Constitution of the State of Queensland
Part 1
Preliminary
hdg prec s 1A ins 1996 No. 3 s 2 sch 1
1A Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Constitution Act 1867 .
s 1A ins 1996 No. 3 s 2 sch 1
Part 2
The Legislature
1 Legislative Assembly
There shall be within the said Colony of Queensland a Legislative Assembly.
s 1 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
2 Legislative Assembly constituted
Within the said Colony of Queensland Her Majesty shall have power by and with the advice and consent of the said Assembly to make laws for the peace welfare and good government of the colony in all cases whatsoever.
s 2 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
2A The Parliament
(1) The Parliament of Queensland consists of the Queen and the Legislative Assembly referred to in sections 1 and 2 .
(2) Every Bill, after its passage through the Legislative Assembly, shall be presented to the Governor for assent by or in the name of the Queen and shall be of no effect unless it has been duly assented to by or in the name of the Queen.
s 2A ins 1977 No. 9 s 3
3 [Repealed]
s 3 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
4 [Repealed]
s 4 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
sub 1987 No. 73 s 16 (3) (a)
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
5 [Repealed]
s 5 om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
6 [Repealed]
s 6 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
7 [Repealed]
s 7 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
7A [Repealed]
s 7A ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 23 s 2(1)
amd 1996 No. 3 s 2 sch 1
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
7B [Repealed]
s 7B ins 1977 No. 24 s 5
om 1978 No. 5 s 6 (1)
7C [Repealed]
s 7C ins 1977 No. 24 s 6
om 1978 No. 5 s 6 (1)
8 [Repealed]
s 8 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch; 1978 No. 42 s 2
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
9 [Repealed]
s 9 om 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
10 [Repealed]
s 10 amd 1871 34 Vic No. 28 s 1
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
11 [Repealed]
s 11 om 1987 No. 73 s 16 (3) (b)
Part 3
The Governor
hdg prec s 11A (prev hdg prec s 12) reloc 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
hdg prec s 20 om 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
hdg prec s 27 om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
11A Office of Governor
(1) The Queen’s representative in Queensland is the Governor who shall hold office during Her Majesty’s pleasure.
(2) Abolition of or alteration in the office of Governor shall not be effected by an Act of the Parliament except in accordance with section 53 .
(3) In this Act and in every other Act a reference to the Governor shall be taken— (a) to be a reference to the person appointed for the time being by the Queen by Commission under Her Majesty’s Royal Sign Manual to the office of Governor of the State of Queensland; and
(b) to include any other person appointed by dormant or other Commission under the Royal Sign Manual to administer the Government of the State of Queensland.
s 11A ins 1977 No. 9 s 4
amd Australia Act 1986 (Cwlth and Imp.) s 13(2)
11B Definition of Royal Sign Manual
In section 11A the expression
Royal Sign Manual means the signature or royal hand of the Sovereign.
s 11B ins 1977 No. 9 s 5
amd Australia Act 1986 (Cwlth and Imp.) s 13(3)
12 [Repealed]
s 12 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
13 [Repealed]
s 13 om 1987 No. 73 s 16 (3) (b)
14 [Repealed]
s 14 amd 1977 No. 9 s 6; Australia Act 1986 (Cwlth and Imp.) s 13 (4); 1996 No. 37 s 146 (2)–(3)
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
15 [Repealed]
s 15 om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
16 [Repealed]
s 16 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
17 [Repealed]
s 17 om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
18 [Repealed]
s 18 om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
19 [Repealed]
s 19 om 1988 No. 49 s 30
20 [Repealed]
ss 20–26 om 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
21 [Repealed]
ss 20–26 om 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
22 [Repealed]
ss 20–26 om 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
23 [Repealed]
ss 20–26 om 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
24 [Repealed]
ss 20–26 om 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
25 [Repealed]
ss 20–26 om 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
26 [Repealed]
ss 20–26 om 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
27 [Repealed]
s 27 om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
28 [Repealed]
s 28 om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
29 [Repealed]
s 29 om 1890 54 Vic No. 3 s 1
Part 4
Crown land
hdg prec s 30 sub 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
hdg prec s 34 om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
hdg prec s 41 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
30 Legislature empowered to make laws regulating sale and other disposal of waste lands
Subject to the provisions contained in the Imperial Act of the 18th and 19th Victoria chapter 54 and of an Act of the 18th and 19th years of Her Majesty entitled An Act to repeal the Acts of Parliament now in force respecting the Disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown in Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies and to make other provisions in lieu thereof which concern the maintenance of existing contracts it shall be lawful for the legislature of this State to make laws for regulating the sale letting disposal and occupation of the waste lands of the Crown within the said State.
31 [Repealed]
s 31 om 1987 No. 73 s 16 (3) (b)
32 [Repealed]
s 32 om 1987 No. 73 s 16 (3) (b)
33 [Repealed]
s 33 om 1987 No. 73 s 16 (3) (b)
34 [Repealed]
s 34 om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
35 [Repealed]
s 35 om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
36 [Repealed]
s 36 om 1908 8 Edw 7 No. 18 s 2sch 1
37 [Repealed]
s 37 om 1987 No. 73 s 16 (3) (b)
38 [Repealed]
s 38 om 1987 No. 73 s 16 (3) (b)
39 [Repealed]
s 39 amd 1996 No. 3 s 2 sch 1
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
40 The entire management of Crown lands and all revenues thence arising to be vested in the local legislature
The entire management and control of the waste lands belonging to the Crown in the said State and also the appropriation of the gross proceeds of the sales of such lands and all other proceeds and revenues of the same from whatever source arising within the said State including all royalties mines and minerals shall be vested in the legislature of the said State.
s 40 amd 1996 No. 3 s 2 sch 1; 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
40A [Repealed]
s 40A ins 1978 No. 42 s 3
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
41 [Repealed]
s 41 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
42 [Repealed]
s 42 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch; 1972 No. 31 s 6 sch 1
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
43 [Repealed]
s 43 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
44 [Repealed]
s 44 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
45 [Repealed]
s 45 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
46 [Repealed]
s 46 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
47 [Repealed]
s 47 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
48 [Repealed]
s 48 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
49 [Repealed]
s 49 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch; 1996 No. 3 s 2 sch 1
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
50 [Repealed]
s 50 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
51 [Repealed]
s 51 om 1889 53 Vic No. 12 s 2 sch
52 [Repealed]
s 52 amd 1922 12 Geo 5 No. 32 s 4 sch
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
Part 5
Requirement for referendum
hdg prec s 53 ins 1977 No. 9 s 7
hdg prec s 54 ins 1989 No. 93 s 3
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
hdg prec s 57 sub 1996 No. 3 s 3
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
53 Certain measures to be supported by referendum
(1) A Bill that expressly or impliedly provides for the abolition of or alteration in the office of Governor or that expressly or impliedly in any way affects any of the following sections of this Act namely— sections 1 , 2 , 2A , 11A , 11B ; and this section 53
shall not be presented for assent by or in the name of the Queen unless it has first been approved by the electors in accordance with this section and a Bill so assented to consequent upon its presentation in contravention of this subsection shall be of no effect as an Act.
(2) On a day not sooner than two months after the passage through the Legislative Assembly of a Bill of a kind referred to in subsection (1) the question for the approval or otherwise of the Bill shall be submitted to the electors qualified to vote for the election of members of the Legislative Assembly according to the provisions of the Elections Act 1915 –1973 and of any Act amending the same or of any Act in substitution therefor. Such day shall be appointed by the Governor in Council by Order in Council.
(3) When the Bill is submitted to the electors the vote shall be taken in such manner as the Parliament of Queensland prescribes.
(4) If a majority of the electors voting approve the Bill, it shall be presented to the Governor for reservation thereof for the signification of the Queen’s pleasure.
(5) Any person entitled to vote at a general election of members of the Legislative Assembly is entitled to bring proceedings in the Supreme Court for a declaration, injunction or other remedy to enforce the provisions of this section either before or after a Bill of a kind referred to in subsection (1) is presented for assent by or in the name of the Queen. Act 24 Geo. 5 No. 35 preserved
(6) The provisions of this section shall in no way affect the operation of The Constitution Act Amendment Act of 1934 .
s 53 prev s 53 om 1899 63 Vic No. 9 s 3(2)sch 3
pres s 53 ins 1977 No. 9 s 7
amd 1996 No. 37 s 146 (4)
54 [Repealed]
s 54 prev s 54 om 1889 53 Vic No. 12 s 2 sch
pres s 54 ins 1989 No. 93 s 3
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
55 [Repealed]
s 55 prev s 55 om 1889 53 Vic No. 12 s 2 sch
pres s 55 ins 1989 No. 93 s 3
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
56 [Repealed]
s 56 prev s 56 om 1889 53 Vic No. 12 s 2 sch
pres s 56 ins 1989 No. 93 s 3
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
57 [Repealed]
s 57 sub 1996 No. 3 s 3
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
58 [Repealed]
s 58 ins 1996 No. 3 s 3
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
59 [Repealed]
s 59 ins 1996 No. 3 s 3
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
60 [Repealed]
s 60 ins 1996 No. 3 s 3
om 2001 No. 80 s 94 sch 2
sch A om 1908 8 Edw 7 No. 18 s 2 sch 1
sch B om 1908 8 Edw 7 No. 18 s 2 sch 1
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