Commonwealth Numbered Acts

QANTAS SALE ACT 1992 No. 196, 1992 - SECT 31

31.(1) Despite section 39 of this Act, section 55E of the Judiciary Act 1903
continues to apply in relation to:

   (a)  any proceedings to which Australian Airlines is a party that were
        started before the commencement of this section; and

   (b)  any matter that an authorised person, by signed writing, certifies is
        a matter in relation to which Australian Airlines gave written
        instructions before the commencement of this section to the Australian
        Government Solicitor.

(2) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (1) is, unless
the contrary is established, to be taken to be such a certificate.

(3) In this section:

"authorised person" means:

   (a)  the Secretary to the Attorney-General's Department; or

   (b)  a person holding or performing the duties of a Senior Executive
        Service office within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1922, in
        the Department.