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Australia Acts (Request) Act 1999
No 11
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act and purpose 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Request for amendment of Australia Acts 2
Schedule--Australia Acts Amendment Act 1999 of the
Commonwealth
1 Short title 3
2 Commencement 3
3 Schedule(s) 3
Schedule 1--Australia Act 1986 of the Commonwealth 3
Schedule 2--Australia Act 1986 of the Parliament of the United
Kingdom 4
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New South Wales
Australia Acts (Request) Act 1999
No 11
Act No 11, 1999
An Act to request the amendment of the Australia Acts in connection with
proposed constitutional arrangements to establish the Commonwealth of
Australia as a republic. [Assented to 9 June 1999]
Preamble Australia Acts (Request) Act 1999 No 11
Preamble
(1) The Government of the Commonwealth proposes to introduce a Bill for a
proposed law to alter the Constitution of the Commonwealth to establish
the Commonwealth of Australia as a republic with a President chosen by
a two-thirds majority of the members of the Commonwealth Parliament.
(2) If passed by an absolute majority of each House of the Parliament, the
proposed law will be put to the Australian people at a constitutional
referendum in accordance with section 128 of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth.
(3) If the proposed law is approved by the Australian people, it is desirable that
the Australia Act 1986 of the Commonwealth and the Australia Act 1986
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom be amended to remove any
impediment to the alteration by a State of its laws relating to the powers
and functions of Her Majesty and the Governor in respect of the State.
(4) Section 15 (1) of each of the Australia Acts mentioned in subclause (3)
provides for the amendment of each of those Acts by an Act of the
Parliament of the Commonwealth passed at the request or with the
concurrence of the Parliaments of all the States and, subject to section 15
(3) of each of those Acts, only in that manner.
The Legislature of New South Wales therefore enacts:
1 Name of Act and purpose
(1) This Act is the Australia Acts (Request) Act 1999.
(2) The purpose of this Act is to request the amendment of the Australia
Acts in connection with proposed constitutional arrangements to
establish the Commonwealth of Australia as a republic.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day after the day on which the
Constitution Alteration (Establishment of Republic) 1999 of the
Commonwealth receives the Royal Assent.
3 Request for amendment of Australia Acts
The Parliament of the State requests the enactment by the Parliament
of the Commonwealth of an Act in, or substantially in, the terms set
out in the Schedule.
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Australia Acts (Request) Act 1999 No 11
Schedule
Schedule--Australia Acts Amendment Act 1999 of the
Commonwealth
An Act to amend section 7 of the Australia Act 1986 of the Commonwealth
and section 7 of the Australia Act 1986 of the Parliament of the United
Kingdom
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Australia Acts Amendment Act 1999.
2 Commencement
(1) This Act commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(2) That day must not be before the day on which the Constitution
Alteration (Establishment of Republic) 1999 receives the Royal
Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
according to its terms.
Schedule 1--Australia Act 1986 of the Commonwealth
1 At the end of section 7
Add:
(6) The Parliament of a State may make a law providing that the
preceding subsections do not apply to the State.
(7) Upon the coming into effect in a State of a law referred to in
subsection (6), this section ceases to apply to the State as provided
by that law.
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Australia Acts (Request) Act 1999 No 11
Schedule
Schedule 2--Australia Act 1986 of the Parliament of the United
Kingdom
1 Amendment of Imperial Act
The Australia Act 1986 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is
amended as set out in this Schedule, so far as that Act is part of the
law of Australia or of an external Territory.
2 At the end of section 7
Add:
(6) The Parliament of a State may make a law providing that the
preceding subsections do not apply to the State.
(7) Upon the coming into effect in a State of a law referred to in
subsection (6), this section ceases to apply to the State as provided
by that law.
[Minister's second reading speech made in--
Legislative Assembly on 12 May 1999
Legislative Council on 2 June 1999]
BY AUTHORITY
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