An Act to reverse the removal of the Honourable Angelo Vasta from office as a Supreme Court judge Preamble Parliament’s reasons for enacting this Act are—

1 On 30 May 1989 the First Report of the Parliamentary Judges Commission of Inquiry (the report), appointed under the expired Parliamentary (Judges) Commission of Inquiry Act 1988, was tabled.

2 The report found various matters warranted the removal of the Honourable Angelo Vasta from office as a Supreme Court judge.

3 On 7 June 1989, the Honourable Angelo Vasta addressed the Legislative Assembly in relation to his proposed removal from office as a Supreme Court judge.

4 On 8 June 1989, the Honourable Angelo Vasta was removed from office as a Supreme Court judge.

5 Parliament does not consider the matters mentioned in the report warranted the removal of the Honourable Angelo Vasta from office as a Supreme Court judge.

6 It is Parliament’s intention to reverse the removal of the Honourable Angelo Vasta from office as a Supreme Court judge.

The Parliament of Queensland enacts— 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Honourable Angelo Vasta (Reversal of Removal) Act 2017 . 2 Act binds the Crown This Act binds the Crown. 3 Declaration (1) It is declared that—

(a) the findings stated in the First Report of the Parliamentary Judges Commission of Inquiry (the report) did not warrant the removal of the Honourable Angelo Vasta from office as a Supreme Court judge; and

(b) the exercise of the power to remove the Honourable Angelo Vasta from office as a Supreme Court judge is—

(i) invalid; and

(ii) taken to have never happened; and

(c) the Honourable Angelo Vasta did not, as a result of matters mentioned in the report, avoid his office as a Supreme Court judge under the Supreme Court Act 1867 , repealed section 12; and

(d) the Honourable Angelo Vasta is taken to have retired from office as a Supreme Court judge under the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 , section 21(1).

(2) In this section— Parliamentary Judges Commission of Inquiry means the Parliamentary Judges Commission of Inquiry appointed under the expired Parliamentary (Judges) Commission of Inquiry Act 1988 . power to remove means a power to remove a judge under—

(a) the Constitution Act 1867 , repealed sections 15 and 16; or

(b) the repealed Supreme Court Act 1995 , section 195. Note— The repealed Supreme Court Act 1995 , section 195 was relocated from the Supreme Court Act 1867 , section 9 by the Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1995 .