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2022
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022
No. , 2022
(Mr Gosling and Ms Payne)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to the
legislative powers of territories, and for related
purposes
No. , 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022
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Contents
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Short title .............................................................................. 1
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Commencement .................................................................... 1
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Schedules .............................................................................. 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Part 1--Amendments
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Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988
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Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
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Part 2--Application
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No. , 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022
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A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to the
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legislative powers of territories, 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 is the
Restoring Territory Rights Act 2022
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation 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
Schedule 1
Amendments
Part 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Part 1--Amendments
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Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988
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1 Subsections 23(1A) and (1B)
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Repeal the subsections.
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Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
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2 Section 50A
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Repeal the section.
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Schedule 1
Amendments
Part 2
Application
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Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022
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Part 2--Application
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3 Application
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(1)
Despite the amendments made by this Schedule, the
Rights of the
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Terminally Ill Act 1995
of the Northern Territory:
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(a) continues to have effect as a law of the Territory in relation
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to any act or thing that was done before 27 March 1997; but
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(b) has no force or effect as a law of the Territory in relation to
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any act or thing done on or after that day.
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(2)
Subitem (1) applies subject to a contrary intention in a law of the
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Northern Territory that is enacted after the commencement of this item.
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