Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C07762:section:42
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C07762
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 42
Character Range: 27480–28892

42  Statutes to be approved by Governor-General and published

 (1) When a Statute has been made by the Council:
 (a) it must be sealed with the seal of the University; and
 (b) the Chancellor must transmit the Statute to the Governor- General for approval.

 (2) When a Statute has been approved by the Governor-General:
 (a) the Council must cause the Statute to be notified in the Gazette; and
 (b) the Statute has the force of law from the day on which it is so notified.

 (3) The notification of a Statute in the Gazette must specify the place at which copies of the Statute may be bought.

 (4) A copy of a Statute must be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the Statute is notified in the Gazette.

 (5) The production of:
 (a) a copy of a Statute under the seal of the University; or
 (b) a document purporting to be a copy of a Statute and to have been printed by the Government Printer;
is, in all proceedings, sufficient evidence of the Statute.

 (6) The Statutes must be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are notified in the Gazette.

 (7) A notice in the Gazette of the fact that a Statute has been made that specifies the number of the Statute is sufficient compliance with the requirement of subsection (2) that the Statute be notified in the Gazette.

Part 5—Consequential and transitional provisions

Division 1—Preliminary