Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement	Miscellaneous
Constitution Act 1889	52 Vict. No. 23	Reserved for Royal Assent 29 April 1889. Assented to 15 August 1890	Except for Part III, 21 October 1890 (see section 77 and Gazette 23 October 1890, pp.790-1). Part III: 18 October 1893 (see section 42 and Gazette 18 July 1893, p.727)
The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1893, section 2	57 Vict. No. 14 (Repealed by 63 Vict., No. 19)	13 October 1893	18 October 1893 (see section 1)
The Constitution Act 1889 Amendment Act 1894, section 2	58 Vict. No. 15 (Repealed by 63 Vict., No. 19)	8 November 1894	8 November 1894
Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, section 2	60 Vict. No. 18 (Repealed by 63 Vict., No. 19)	8 October 1896	12 April 1897 (see Gazette 12 April 1897, p.683)
Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899, section 2	63 Vict. No. 19	Reserved for Royal Assent 16 December 1899	Proclaimed 18 May 1900 (see section 52 and Gazette 18 May 1900, p.1686)
Constitution Act Amendment Act 1900	64 Vict. No. 5 (as amended by No. 45 of 1963)	5 December 1900	5 December 1900
Aborigines Act 1905, section 65	14 of 1905	Reserved for Royal Assent 23 December 1905. Assented to 4 April 1906 (see Gazette 23 April 1906, pp.1221 and 1261, and Gazette 27 April 1906, p.1263)	1 April 1898 (see section 65)
Constitution Act Amendment Act 1921	34 of 1921	30 December 1921	30 December 1921
Ministers' Titles Act 1925	8 of 1925	24 September 1925	24 September 1925
Judges' Salaries and Pensions Act 1950, section 4	35 of 1950	16 December 1950	16 December 1950
Statute Law Revision Act 1970, section 4	10 of 1970	29 April 1970	29 April 1970
Acts Amendment (Constitution) Act 1978, Part I	59 of 1978	Reserved for Royal Assent 20 September 1978. Assented to 15 November 1978	Proclaimed 22 December 1978 (see Interpretation Act 1918, section 8 and Gazette 22 December 1978, pp.4769-70)
Constitution Act Amendment Act 1979	88 of 1979	11 December 1979	11 December 1979
Constitution Amendment Act (No. 3) 1980	15 of 1980	15 October 1980	15 October 1980
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Disqualification for Parliament) Act 1984, Part IV	78 of 1984	14 November 1984	Proclaimed 1 July 1985 (see section 2 and Gazette 17 May 1985, p.1671)
Australia Act 1986 (U.K.), section 14 (See WA Act No. 65 of 1985, s.4 and Australia Act 1986 (Cwlth.) s.14)	1986 c.2	17 February 1986	3 March 1986 at 5 a.m. GMT (see Statutory Instruments 1986 No. 319 c.8)
Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, Part II	40 of 1987	12 July 1987	Proclaimed 30 October 1987 (see section 2 and Gazette 30 October 1987, p.3977)
Constitution Amendment Act 1987	51 of 1987	30 October 1987	30 October 1987 (see section 2)
Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993, sections 9 and 11	6 of 1993	27 August 1993	Deemed operative 1 July 1993 (see section 2(1))
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998, section 76	10 of 1998	30 April 1998	30 April 1998 (see section 2(1))
Electoral Amendment Act 2000 section 22	36 of 2000	10 October 2000	Proclaimed 21 October 2000 (see section 2(1) and Gazette 20 October 2000 p.5899)
Constitution (Parliamentary Privileges) Amendment Act 2004 Pt. 2	41 of 2004	3 Nov 2004	3 Nov 2004 (see s. 2)

An Act to augment Ministerial Salaries. 55 Vict. No. 23 (1892).
(Repealed by 60 Vict. No. 18.)

The Officers of Parliament Act 1893. (56 Vict. No. 17).
(Repealed by 63 Vict. No. 19.)

Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1933. (No. 25 of 1933).
(Amended by Act No. 46 of 1963, s.10. Repealed by Act No. 57 of 1965.)

Constitution Acts Amendment (Temporary) Act 1934. (No. 3 of 1934).
(Expired on 31 December 1934 (see section 4). Repealed by Act No. 57 of 1965.)

Judges' Retirement Act 1937. (No. 8 of 1937).

Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1942. (No. 29 of 1942).
(Amended by Act No. 45 of 1950 and Act No. 46 of 1963, s.10. Repealed by Act No. 57 of 1965.)

² Queen Victoria.

³ This provision ceased to operate on 18 October 1893. See s.43.

⁴ Now see Electoral Act 1907 (No. 27 of 1907), s.64.

⁵ See now s.11 of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899.

⁶ Now see Judges' Retirement Act 1937 (No. 8 of 1937), s.3.

⁷ Now see Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 (No. 98 of 1985).

⁸ Australia Act 1986 (U.K.), s.9(2) and Australia Act 1986 (Cwlth), s.9(2) (set out in the Schedules to the Australia Acts (Request) Act 1985 (WA)) read as follows ¾

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(2) No law or instrument shall be of any force or effect in so far as it purports to require the reservation of any Bill for an Act of a State for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon.

⁹ This expression was used only in s.70 which has been repealed.

¹⁰ See Western Australia Constitution Act 1890 (U.K.) (53, 54 Vict. c.26), s.2 which effected these repeals as from the proclamation of this Act in WA i.e. 21 October 1890. As to the proviso in s.2 of that Act now see Australia Act 1986 (U.K.), ss.7-9. Paragraph (a) of the proviso reads as follows ¾

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(a) The provisions of the Acts of the session held in the 13^th and 14^th years of Her Majesty, chapter 59, and of the session held in the 5^th and 6^th years of Her Majesty, chapter 76 (being 2 of the Acts mentioned in the said schedule), which relate to the giving or withholding of Her Majesty's assent to Bills, ... and the instructions to be conveyed to Governors for their guidance in relation to the matters aforesaid, and the disallowance of Bills by Her Majesty, shall apply to Bills to be passed by the Legislative Council and Assembly constituted under the scheduled Bill and this Act, and by any other legislative body or bodies which may at any time hereafter be substituted for the said Legislative Council and Assembly.

[Note the proviso was amended by the Australian States Constitution Act 1907 (U.K.) (7 Ed. VII c.7).]

¹¹ Citation changed by Act No. 10 of 1970, s.4.

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