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PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES AMENDMENT BILL 2005
2004-2005
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Parliamentary Privileges Amendment
Bill 2005
No. , 2005
(Mr Kerr)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Parliamentary
Privileges Act 1987
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Contents
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Short title.......................................................................................1
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Commencement .............................................................................1
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Schedule(s)....................................................................................2
Schedule 1--Amendments to the Parliamentary Privileges Act
1987
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Parliamentary Privileges Amendment Bill 2005 No. , 2005 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Parliamentary
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Privileges Act 1987
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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 Parliamentary Privileges Amendment
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Act 2005.
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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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule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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Amendments to the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 Schedule 1
Parliamentary Privileges Amendment Bill 2005 No. , 2005 3
Schedule 1--Amendments to the
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Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987
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1 Subsection 16(3)
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Omit:
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"In', substitute
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"Subject to this section, in"
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2 After subsection 16(3)
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Insert
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(3A) If:
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(a) a person (the `witness') gives evidence against another
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person in a court or tribunal; and
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(b) the witness had previously made a statement in evidence
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before a House or a committee; and
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(c) that statement is not consistent with the evidence given by
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the witness in the court or tribunal;
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the other person may test the credibility of the witness by
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questioning the witness with regard to that statement.".
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