Definitions
59. Definitions
In this Division and Division six of this Part unless inconsistent with the
context or subject-matter-
Act includes any Act of Council and Ordinance of the Legislature of any
Australasian State;
Australasian State includes the Commonwealth of Australia and its dependencies
and the States Dominions Colonies or Provinces (including their respective
dependencies) of Fiji New South Wales New Zealand Queensland South Australia
Tasmania Victoria and Western Australia by whatever name such as State
Dominion Colony or Province any of them was or is for the time being called
and also includes any British possession which may at any time be created in
Her Majesty's possessions in Australasia and also includes any part of New
Zealand during such time as such part constituted a separate Colony or
Province;
Government Gazette means the Government Gazette, Royal Gazette, or other
official gazette of any Australasian State;
government printer means and includes any printer purporting to have been or
to be the printer authorized to print the Statutes Ordinances Acts of Council
Acts of State or other public Acts of the Legislature of any Australasian
State or otherwise to be the government printer of such State;
Governor means the person for the time being administering the Government of
any Australasian State; and
votes and proceedings include any papers printed or purporting to be printed
by the authority of and laid before or purporting to be laid at any time
before any House or Houses of Legislature of any Australasian State.
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Division 5-Further provisions relating to Victorian documents
Victorian Consolidated Legislation