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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) AMENDMENT (DISALLOWANCE AND AMENDMENT POWER OF THE COMMONWEALTH) BILL 2010
2010
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Australian Capital Territory
(Self-Government) Amendment
(Disallowance and Amendment Power of
the Commonwealth) Bill 2010
No. , 2010
(Senator Bob Brown)
A Bill for an Act to abolish the power of the
Commonwealth executive government to disallow
or amend any Act of the Legislative Assembly of
the Australian Capital Territory, and for related
purposes
i Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment
Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Objects of Act .................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Australian Capital Territory
(Self-Government) Act 1988
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Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment
Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 1
A Bill for an Act to abolish the power of the
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Commonwealth executive government to disallow
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or amend any Act of the Legislative Assembly of
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the Australian Capital Territory, and for related
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purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Australian Capital Territory
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(Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment
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Power of the Commonwealth) Act 2010.
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2 Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and
Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010 No. , 2010
2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
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Assent.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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4 Objects of Act
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The objects of this Act are to:
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(a) remove the Governor-General's power under the Australian
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Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 to disallow or
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amend any Act of the Legislative Assembly for the
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Australian Capital Territory; and
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(b) ensure that the Legislative Assembly for the Australian
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Capital Territory has exclusive legislative authority and
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responsibility for making laws for the Australian Capital
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Territory.
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Amendment of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 Schedule
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Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment
Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 3
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Australian
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Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act
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1988
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1 Section 35
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Repeal the section.
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