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Section 12 ::(ii) pursuant to special leave granted by Her Majesty in Council on a petition presented before that commencement;

but this subsection shall not be construed as permitting or enabling an appeal to Her Majesty in Council to be instituted or continued that could not have been instituted or continued if this section had not been enacted.

12 Amendment of Statute of Westminster

Sections 4, 9(2) and (3) and 10(2) of the Statute of Westminster 1931, in so far as they are part of the law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, are hereby repealed.

13 Amendment of Constitution Act of Queensland

(1) The Constitution Act 1867–1978 of the State of Queensland is in this section referred to as the Principal Act.

(2) Section 11A of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (3):


 * (a) by omitting from paragraph (a):


 * (i) "and Signet"; and


 * (ii) "constituted under Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom"; and


 * (b) by omitting from paragraph (b):


 * (i) "and Signet"; and


 * (ii) "whenever and so long as the office of Governor is vacant or the Governor is incapable of discharging the duties of administration or has departed from Queensland".

(3) Section 11B of the Principal Act is amended:


 * (a) by omitting "Governor to conform to instructions" and substituting "Definition of Royal Sign Manual";


 * (b) by omitting subsection (1); and


 * (c) by omitting from subsection (2):


 * (i) "(2)";


 * (ii) "this section and in"; and


 * (iii) "and the expression 'Signet' means the seal commonly used for the sign manual of the Sovereign or the seal with which documents are sealed by the Secretary of