59Definitions

59 Definitions In this Division and Division six of this Part unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter— ***Act*** includes any Act of Council and Ordinance of the Legislature of any Australasian State; S. 59 def. of *Australasian State* amended by No. 25/2023 s. 7(Sch. 1 item 11). ***Australasian State*** includes the Commonwealth of Australia and its dependencies and the States Dominions Colonies or Provinces (including their respective dependencies) of Fiji New South Wales New Zealand Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria and Western Australia by whatever name such as State Dominion Colony or Province any of them was or is for the time being called and also includes any British possession which may at any time be created in His Majesty's possessions in Australasia and also includes any part of New Zealand during such time as such part constituted a separate Colony or Province; ***Government Gazette*** means the Government Gazette, Royal Gazette, or other official gazette of any Australasian State; ***government printer*** means and includes any printer purporting to have been or to be the printer authorized to print the Statutes Ordinances Acts of Council Acts of State or other public Acts of the Legislature of any Australasian State or otherwise to be the government printer of such State; ***Governor*** means the person for the time being administering the Government of any Australasian State; and ***votes and proceedings*** include any papers printed or purporting to be printed by the authority of and laid before or purporting to be laid at any time before any House or Houses of Legislature of any Australasian State. Ss 60–66 repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 17. S. 67 amended by Nos 8228 s. 2(2)(e)(f), 10074 s. 8, repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 17. S. 68 amended by Nos 8565 s. 24(9), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 67.15), 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 40.2), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 17. S. 69 amended by No. 8565 s. 24(9), substituted by No. 8787 s. 33(b), amended by Nos 9698 s. 14(6), 9699 s. 23, 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 40.3), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 17.