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RIGHTS OF THE TERMINALLY ILL (EUTHANASIA LAWS REPEAL) BILL 2008
2008
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia
Laws Repeal) Bill 2008
No. , 2008
(Senator Brown)
A Bill for an Act to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act
1997, and for related purposes
i Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008 No. , 2008
Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................ 1
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Commencement .................................................................................. 1
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Object of Act....................................................................................... 1
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Schedule(s) ......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Repeal of Euthanasia Laws Act 1997
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Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008 No. , 2008 1
A Bill for an Act to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act
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1997, and for related 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 Rights of the Terminally Ill
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(Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Act 2008.
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2 Commence ment
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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 Object of Act
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The object of this Act is, in recognising the rights of the people of
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the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and
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Norfolk Island to make laws for the peace, order and good
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government of their territories, including the right to legislate for
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the terminally ill, to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 which
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removed that right.
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2 Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008 No. , 2008
4 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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Repeal of Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 Schedule 1
Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008 No. , 2008 3
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Schedule 1
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Repeal of Euthanasia Laws Act
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1997
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1 The whole of the Act
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Repeal the Act.
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2 Application
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To avoid doubt, the enactment of the Legislative Assembly of the
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Northern Territory called the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 has
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the same effect after the commencement of this Act as it had before the
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commencement of the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997.
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