Demise of the Crown Act 1910

Queensland DEMISE OF THE CROWN ACT 1910 Reprinted as in force on 6 June 2002 (Act not amended up to this date) This is the reprint current on the repeal date Reprint No. 1A This reprint is prepared by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Warning—This reprint is not an authorised copy

Information about this reprint This Act is reprinted as at 6 June 2002. Minor editorial changes allowed under the provisions of the Reprints Act 1992 have been made to use aspects of format and printing style consistent with current drafting practice (s 35). This page is specific to this reprint. See previous reprints for information about earlier changes made under the Reprints Act 1992. A table of earlier reprints is included in the endnotes. Also see endnotes for information about— • when provisions commenced • editorial changes made in earlier reprints.

Queensland DEMISE OF THE CROWN ACT 1910 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Effect of demise of the Crown on holding of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Date to which amendments incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Table of earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 List of comparative legislation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

s1 3 s2 Demise of the Crown Act 1910 DEMISE OF THE CROWN ACT 1910 [reprinted as in force on 6 June 2002] An act to amend the law relating to the holding of offices in case of the demise of the Crown 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Demise of the Crown Act 1910 . 2 Effect of demise of the Crown on holding of office (1) The holding of any office under the Crown shall not be affected, nor shall any fresh appointment thereto be rendered necessary, by the demise of the Crown. (2) It shall not be necessary for the holder of any office under the Crown who before such demise has taken any oath prescribed or provided for in any statute to again take such oath after such demise; but where any such oath relates only to the then reigning Sovereign, it shall be deemed to relate to such Sovereign, his or her heirs and successors, according to law. (3) This Act shall take effect as from the last demise of the Crown. 1 1 Last demise of the Crown—6 May 1910.

4 Demise of the Crown Act 1910 ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes Page 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 4 Table of earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 5 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 6 Table of comparative legislation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2 Date to which amendments incorporated This is the reprint date mentioned in the Reprints Act 1992, section 5(c). However, no amendments have commenced operation on or before that day. 3 Key Key to abbreviations in list of legislation and annotations Key AIA amd amdt ch def div exp gaz hdg ins lap notfd o in c om orig p para prec pres Explanation = Acts Interpretation Act 1954 = amended = amendment = chapter = definition = division = expires/expired = gazette = heading = inserted = lapsed = notified = order in council = omitted = original = page = paragraph = preceding = present Key prev (prev) proc prov pt pubd R[X] RA reloc renum rep s sch sdiv SIA SIR SL sub unnum Explanation = previous = previously = proclamation = provision = part = published = Reprint No.[X] = Reprints Act 1992 = relocated = renumbered = repealed = section = schedule = subdivision = Statutory Instruments Act 1992 = Statutory Instruments Regulation 1992 = subordinate legislation = substituted = unnumbered

5 Demise of the Crown Act 1910 4 Table of earlier reprints TABLE OF EARLIER REPRINTS [If a reprint number includes a roman letter, the reprint was released in unauthorised, electronic form only.] Reprint No. 1 Amendments included none Reprint date 15 September 1995 5 List of legislation Demise of the Crown Act 1910 1 Geo 5 No. 21 date of assent 4 January 1911 commenced on date of assent rep 6 June 2002 (2001 No. 80 s 95(1) sch 3) 6 List of comparative legislation s 2 1091 No. 57 s 2 (NSW) © State of Queensland 2002