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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Constitution (Amendment) Act 1997
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
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1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 1
3. Publication of Parliamentary proceedings and papers 2
4. New section 74AA inserted 2
74AA. Transmission and broadcasting of Parliamentary
proceedings 2
5. Supreme Court--limitation of jurisdiction 3
6. Statute law revision 3
NOTES 4
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
A BILL
to amend the Constitution Act 1975 with respect to the publication,
transmission and broadcasting of Parliamentary proceedings and for
other purposes.
Constitution (Amendment) Act 1997
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the
Constitution Act 1975 with respect to the
publication, transmission and broadcasting of
5 Parliamentary proceedings and papers.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on
which it receives the Royal Assent.
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3. Publication of Parliamentary proceedings and papers
No. 8750. In the Constitution Act 1975--
Reprinted as
(a) in the Heading to Division 11 of Part II after
at 19 June
1997. Further
"Publication" insert ", Transmission and
amended by
5 Broadcasting";
No. 43/1996.
(b) in section 73--
(i) in sub-section (1) after "publication"
insert ", in written or electronic form,";
(ii) in sub-section (3) after "publication"
10 (where secondly and thirdly occurring)
insert ", in written or electronic form,";
(c) in section 74(1) after "publication" insert
", in written or electronic form,".
4. New section 74AA inserted
15 After section 74 of the Constitution Act 1975
insert--
"74AA. Transmission and broadcasting of
Parliamentary proceedings
No action or proceeding, civil, criminal or
20 mixed, lies against a person who--
(a) transmits or broadcasts by electronic
means any proceedings--
(i) of the Council or the Assembly, or
both of them; or
25 (ii) of a committee of the Council or
the Assembly, or both of them; or
(b) broadcasts or re-broadcasts by
electronic means a recording of any
proceedings--
30 (i) of the Council or the Assembly, or
both of them; or
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(ii) of a committee of the Council or
the Assembly, or both of them--
with the authority of the Council, Assembly
or committee (as the case requires).".
5 5. Supreme Court--limitation of jurisdiction
After section 85(8) of the Constitution Act 1975
insert--
"(8A) The following sections of this Act alter or
vary this section and have effect, for the
10 purposes of this section, as direct
amendments of this section--
(a) sections 73 and 74 as they apply to
publication within the meaning of those
sections as amended by section 3 of the
15 Constitution (Amendment) Act 1997;
(b) section 74AA.".
6. Statute law revision
In section 82(1A) and (1B) of the Constitution
Act 1975 after "Attorney-General" insert "under".
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NOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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