14 Construction of references to Attorney General’s Department and Secretary etc of that Department
14-oc.2 14 Construction of references to Attorney General’s Department and Secretary etc of that Department
In any document, a reference to the Attorney General’s Department is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Courts Administration, if the reference is used in or in relation to legislation administered by the Minister for Justice.
In any document, a reference to the Secretary of the Attorney General’s Department is to be construed as a reference to the Director-General of the Attorney General’s Department, except as provided by subclause (3).
In any document, a reference to the Secretary of the Attorney General’s Department is to be construed as a reference to the Director-General of the Department of Courts Administration if the reference is used in or in relation to legislation administered by the Minister for Justice.
A reference in section 4 (1) of the Suitors’ Fund Act 1951 to the corporation sole established under the name of “The Secretary of the Attorney General’s Department” is to be construed as a reference to the corporation sole established under the name of the “Director-General of the Department of Courts Administration”.
A reference, in the definition of authorised justice, in any document to a justice of the peace employed in the Attorney General’s Department is to be construed as a reference to a justice of the peace employed in the Department of Courts Administration.
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