Constitution (Supreme Court) Act 1989
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Version No. 003
Constitution (Supreme Court) Act 1989
No. 22 of 1989
Version incorporating amendments as at
23 August 2012
table of provisions
Section Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Principal Act 1
4 Validity of certain Acts etc. 1
ENDNOTES 3
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General Information 3
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Table of Amendments 4
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Explanatory Details 5
Version No. 003
Constitution (Supreme Court) Act 1989
No. 22 of 1989
Version incorporating amendments as at
23 August 2012
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to make further provision relating to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and to remove doubts about the validity of certain Acts.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
No. 8750.
3 Principal Act
In this Act, the Constitution Act 1975 is called the Principal Act.
4 Validity of certain Acts etc.
S. 4(1) amended by No. 35/1991
s. 6.
(1) [1]The enactment or validity of the Retail Tenancies Act 1986, the Planning and Environment Act 1987 or any other Act enacted or purporting to have been enacted after 1 December 1975 and before 1 July 1991 shall not be called in question in any proceeding in any court or tribunal on the ground that the Bill for the Act contained any provision by which section 85 of the Principal Act may be repealed, altered or varied and, because the requirements of section 18(2) of the Principal Act were not complied with, the Bill was not lawfully presented for Royal Assent or was void.
(2) In subsection (1), a reference to a provision in a Bill for an Act does not include a reference to a provision directly amending Part III of the Principal Act by the insertion, substitution, omission or repeal of matter.
s. 4
(3) Anything done or omitted to be done under the authority or purported authority of an Act to which subsection (1) applies shall not be called in question on the ground referred to in subsection (1).