PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES ACT 1987

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PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES ACT 1987 - NOTES

Compilation Information

Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 Act No. 21 of 1987 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 1 July 2003
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 24 of 2001
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES ACT 1987
Notes to the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987

Note 1

The Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 21, 1987 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987	21, 1987	20 May 1987	20 May 1987
Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988	9, 1988	5 Apr 1988	Ss. 1-4, 7 and 14 (in part): Royal Assent S. 11: 6 May 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S129) Remainder: 1 Aug 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S229)	S. 12
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992	165, 1992	11 Dec 1992	Schedule (Note): Royal Assent (a)	—
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	24, 2001	6 Apr 2001	S. 4(1), (2) and Schedule 38: (b)	S. 4(1) and (2)

(a) The Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 was amended by the Schedule (Note) only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b) The Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 38 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001, subsection 2(1)(a) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the later of the following times:

(a) immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000;

Item 15 commenced on 24 May 2001.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 3A	ad. No. 24, 2001
Heading to s. 14	am. No. 165, 1992
S. 15	am. No. 9, 1988

Table A

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988 (No. 9, 1988)

12 Saving of powers, privileges and immunities

Nothing in this Act shall be taken to derogate from the powers, privileges and immunities of each House, and of the members and committees of each House, under any other law.

Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 24, 2001)

4 Application of amendments

(1): Subject to subsection (3), each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.
(2): For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.