Government Loans Redemption and Conversion Act 1923
Government Loans Redemption and Conversion Act 1923
QueenslandGovernmentLoansRedemptionandConversionAct1923Current as at 27 October 1998NOTE—This is the last reprint before
repeal.Repealed by 2013 Act No. 39 s 42Repealed on 23 September 2013
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Government Loans Redemption and Conversion
Act 1923[s 1]Government Loans Redemption andConversion Act 1923[as amended by
all amendments that commenced on or before 27 October 1998]AnActtoauthorisetheredemptionandconversionofgovernment loans and the issue and
creationofgovernmentstockorinscribedstockforsuchpurposes,andforotherpurposes1Short
titleThis Act may be cited as theGovernment Loans Redemptionand
Conversion Act 1923.2InterpretationIn this
Act—government loanmeans any loan
for the time being subsistingduly raised by
the Government of Queensland, and includesanygovernmentstockorinscribedstockforthetimebeingunredeemed duly
issued or created and delivered or sold.governmentstockmeansdebentures,treasurybills,bonds,and
any other form of government stock or securities exceptinscribed stock.inscribed
stockmeans government inscribed stock issued
asprovided by theGovernment
Inscribed Stock Act 1920.3Power
to redeem and convert government loans andissue stock
therefor(1)This section applies to every
government loan.Reprint 2Page
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Government Loans Redemption and Conversion Act
1923[s 3](2)It shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council to authorise theTreasurer to redeem any government loan or
any part thereofand for that purpose, as and when occasion
arises, to purchaseany government stock or inscribed stock
issued or created inrespectofsuchloanatsuchpriceandonsuchtermsandconditions as are deemed desirable.(3)For the purpose of raising any moneys
necessary to purchasegovernment stock or inscribed stock in
accordance with theprovisions of subsection (2), the Treasurer
may without anyother authority than this Act issue or
create new governmentstock or inscribed stock to the
necessary amount, and sell thesame.(4)It shall be lawful for the Governor in
Council to authorise theTreasurer to convert any government
loan or any part thereofbefore or at maturity, by the issue to
all or any holders for thetime being of any government stock or
inscribed stock issuedor created in respect of such loan,
or, if found necessary, toother persons, of new government stock
or inscribed stock atsuch price and on such terms and
conditions as are deemeddesirable.(5)ForthepurposeofenablingtheTreasurertoconvertanygovernmentloanorpartthereofinaccordancewiththeprovisions of subsection (4), the
Treasurer may, without anyother authority than this Act, issue
or create government stockor inscribed stock to the necessary
amount, and sell or disposeof the
same.(6)Nothing in this Act and nothing done
under this Act shall—(a)authoriseanincreaseintheauthorisedamountofanygovernmentloan,providedthatthetotalamountofgovernmentstockorinscribedstockauthorisedtobeissued or created under this Act for
the purpose of theredemptionorconversionofanygovernmentloanorpart thereof may include such
additional amount as maybe necessary in order actually to
produce to the Treasurytheamountrequiredforthepurposesofsuchredemptionorconversion,togetherwithallcosts,charges, and
expenses connected with such redemptionor conversion,
and for that purpose all such sums shallPage 4Reprint 2
Government Loans Redemption and Conversion
Act 1923[s 4]be deemed to be
part of the necessary amount referred toin subsections
(3) and (5); or(b)except by agreement, abridge or in any
way affect therightsorremedieswhichanypersonwouldhavehadagainsttheconsolidatedfundorotherwiseifthisActhad
not been passed.(7)NotwithstandingtheprovisionsofanyotherAct,anygovernmentstockorinscribedstockissuedorcreatedinrespect of any government loan may be
purchased out of theloanfundaccount,pendingtheissueorcreationunderthisActofnewgovernmentstockorinscribedstockforthepurpose of the
redemption or conversion of such governmentloan or any part
thereof.4Security of the consolidated
fund(1)All new government stock or inscribed
stock issued or createdand sold or delivered for the purposes
of the redemption orconversion of any government
loan—(a)shall be secured upon the consolidated
fund of the State;and(b)shallbearinterestataratefixedbytheGovernorinCouncil according as necessity demands;
and(c)shall be repayable at a date or dates
to be fixed by theGovernor in Council.(2)The
Governor in Council may authorise the sale of any suchnew
government stock or inscribed stock in places beyond thelimitsoftheState,andmayappointany agentoragentstonegotiate such sale and to enter into and
execute any contractor contracts therefor.(3)All new government stock purporting to
be issued under theauthorityofthisAct,ifsignedbytheGovernororbytheVice-President
of the Executive Council and countersigned bythe Treasurer,
or, if such issue purports to have been made inany place beyond
the limits of the State, signed as prescribedbytheGovernorinCouncil,shallbedeemedtohavebeenReprint 2Page
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Government Loans Redemption and Conversion Act
1923[s 5]dulyissued,andtheholderthereofshallnotbeboundtoinquire whether such issue was in fact
duly authorised.5Application of sums borrowedAll
sums raised by the issue or creation of new governmentstock or inscribed stock under the authority
of this Act shallbeappliedsolelytothepurposesforwhichthesumswereraised, and for no other purpose
whatsoever.6Sinking fund(1)The
Governor in Council may prescribe—(a)the
rate of contribution to a sinking fund in relation tonewgovernmentstockorinscribedstockissuedorcreated under the authority of this
Act;(b)any conditions relating to such
sinking fund;andiftheGovernorinCouncilsodirects,newgovernmentstockorinscribedstockmaybeissuedorcreatedanddeliveredorsoldforthepurposesofthisAct,subjecttoaconditionthataproportionoftheprincipalmoneysrepresenting such stock shall be redeemed at
stated intervalsduringthecurrencyofsuchstock,ortoaconditionthatacertainamountshallbesetapartatfixedperiodsforthepurpose of
purchasing such stock at such price and on suchterms and
conditions as are deemed desirable.7Regulation-making powerTheGovernorinCouncilmaymakeregulationsunderthisAct.Page
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Government Loans Redemption and Conversion Act
1923Endnotes3KeyKey to abbreviations in list of
legislation and annotationsKeyAIAamdamdtchdefdivexpgazhdginslapnotfdnumo in comorigpparaprecpresprevExplanation=Acts
Interpretation Act 1954=amended=amendment=chapter=definition=division=expires/expired=gazette=heading=inserted=lapsed=notified=numbered=order in council=omitted=original=page=paragraph=preceding=present=previousKey(prev)procprovptpubdR[X]RArelocrenumrep(retro)rvsschsdivSIASIRSLsubunnumExplanation=previously=proclamation=provision=part=published=Reprint No. [X]=Reprints Act 1992=relocated=renumbered=repealed=retrospectively=revised edition=section=schedule=subdivision=Statutory Instruments Act 1992=Statutory Instruments Regulation
2002=subordinate legislation=substituted=unnumbered4Table of reprintsReprints are
issued for both future and past effective dates. For the most
up-to-date tableof reprints, see the reprint with the latest
effective date.Ifareprintnumberincludesaletterofthealphabet,thereprintwasreleasedinunauthorised, electronic form only.ReprintNo.11A1B2Amendments tonone1995
Act No. 571998 Act No. 211998 Act No.
21Effective15 November
192328 November 19951 May 19981 May
1998Reprint date27 April
199516 July 199613 July
199827 October 19985Tables in earlier reprintsName
of tableChanged names and titlesObsolete and
redundant provisionsRenumbered provisionsReprint
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