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RESTORING TERRITORY RIGHTS (VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA LEGISLATION) BILL 2008
2008
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary
Euthanasia Legislation) Bill 2008
No. , 2008
(Senator Bob Brown)
A Bill for an Act to amend certain territory
legislation to restore legislative powers concerning
euthanasia and to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act
1997, and for related purposes
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Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................ 1
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Commencement .................................................................................. 1
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Objects of Act ..................................................................................... 2
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Schedule(s) ......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendme nts
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Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
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Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988
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Norfolk Island Act 1979
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Schedule 2--Repeal of Euthanasia Laws Act 1997
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Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation) Bill 2008 No. , 2008 1
A Bill for an Act to amend certain territory
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legislation to restore legislative powers concerning
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euthanasia and 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 Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary
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Euthanasia Legislation) 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 Objects of Act
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The objects of this Act are:
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(a) to recognise the rights of the legislative assemblies of the
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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
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for voluntary euthanasia; and
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(b) to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 which removed that
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right to legislate for voluntary euthanasia.
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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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Amend ments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1
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Amendments
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Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
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1 Section 50A
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Repeal the section.
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Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988
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2 Subsections 23(1A) and (1B)
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Repeal the subsections.
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Norfolk Island Act 1979
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3 Paragraph 19(2)(d)
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Repeal the paragraph.
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4 Subsection 19(2A)
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Repeal the subsection.
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Schedule 2 Repeal of Euthanasia Laws Act 1997
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Schedule 2
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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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For the avoidance of doubt, the enactment of the Legislative
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Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia called the Rights
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of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 has no force or effect as a law of the
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Territory, except as regards the lawfulness or validity of anything
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done in accordance therewith prior to the commencement of the
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Euthanasia Laws Act 1997.
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