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New South Wales
Constitution Amendment (Recognition
of Aboriginal People) Bill 2010
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Constitution Act 1902 No 32 2
I certify that this public bill, which originated in the Legislative Assembly, has
finally passed the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of New
South Wales.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2010
New South Wales
Constitution Amendment (Recognition
of Aboriginal People) Bill 2010
Act No , 2010
An Act to amend the Constitution Act 1902 to provide for the recognition in that Act
of the Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
I have examined this bill and find it to correspond in all respects with the bill as
finally passed by both Houses.
Assistant Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Constitution Amendment (Recognition of Aboriginal People) Bill 2010
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Constitution Amendment (Recognition of Aboriginal
People) Act 2010.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
3 Amendment of Constitution Act 1902 No 32
The Constitution Act 1902 is amended by inserting after section 1 the
following section (and repealing existing section 2 and the
First Schedule):
2 Recognition of Aboriginal people
(1) Parliament, on behalf of the people of New South Wales,
acknowledges and honours the Aboriginal people as the
State's first people and nations.
(2) Parliament, on behalf of the people of New South Wales,
recognises that Aboriginal people, as the traditional
custodians and occupants of the land in New South Wales:
(a) have a spiritual, social, cultural and economic
relationship with their traditional lands and waters,
and
(b) have made and continue to make a unique and
lasting contribution to the identity of the State.
(3) Nothing in this section creates any legal right or liability,
or gives rise to or affects any civil cause of action or right
to review an administrative action, or affects the
interpretation of any Act or law in force in New South
Wales.
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