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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Constitution (Metropolitan Ambulance Service
Royal Commission Report) Act 2001
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Amendment to the Constitution Act 1975 2
74AB. Publication of Metropolitan Ambulance Service Royal
Commission Report 2
4. Supreme Court--limitation of jurisdiction 3
5. Repeal of sections 74AB and 85(8B) of the Constitution Act
1975 3
ENDNOTES 4
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Assembly 16 May 2001
As amended by Assembly 13 June 2001
A BILL
to amend the Constitution Act 1975 to make provision for the
publication of the report of the Metropolitan Ambulance Service
Royal Commission and for other purposes.
Constitution (Metropolitan Ambulance
Service Royal Commission Report) Act
2001
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to make provision for
the publication of the report of the Metropolitan
Ambulance Service Royal Commission.
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2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3. Amendment to the Constitution Act 1975
After section 74AA of the Constitution Act 1975
insert--
'74AB. Publication of Metropolitan Ambulance
Service Royal Commission Report
(1) In this section--
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner
appointed under section 88B of the
Constitution Act 1975 by the Letters
Patent;
"Letters Patent" means Letters Patent
dated 21 December 1999, a copy of
which was published in the
Government Gazette on 22 December
1999, as amended from time to time;
"Metropolitan Ambulance Service
inquiry" means the inquiry conducted
by the Commissioner in accordance
with the Letters Patent.
(2) On receipt by the Governor of a copy of a
report from the Commissioner of the results
of the Metropolitan Ambulance Service
inquiry and his recommendations, the
Minister--
(a) must give a copy of the report to the
clerk of each House of the Parliament;
and
(b) must cause the report to be published
by the Government Printer.
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(3) A copy of the report given to the clerk of a
House of the Parliament under sub-section
(2) is deemed to have been ordered by the
House to be printed and a copy of the report
as published shall be tabled in the House on
the next sitting day of the House.
(4) The publication of the report of the
Commissioner in accordance with this
section is absolutely privileged and the
provisions of sections 73 and 74 of the
Constitution Act 1975 and any other
enactment or rule of law relating to the
publication of the proceedings of the
Parliament apply to and in relation to the
publication of the report as if it were a report
to which those sections applied and had been
published by the Government Printer under
the authority of the Parliament.'.
4. Supreme Court--limitation of jurisdiction
After section 85(8A) of the Constitution Act
1975 insert--
"(8B) Section 74AB alters or varies this section
and has effect as a direct amendment of this
section.".
5. Repeal of sections 74AB and 85(8B) of the
Constitution Act 1975
Sections 74AB and 85(8B) of the Constitution
Act 1975 are repealed on the day that is the first
sitting day of the Legislative Assembly after the
day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
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ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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