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Western Australia
Constitution (Parliamentary Privileges)
Amendment Bill 2004
CONTENTS
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
Part 2 -- Constitution Act 1889
amended
3. The Act amended 3
4. Section 36 amended 3
Part 3 -- Parliamentary Privileges
Act 1891 amended
5. The Act amended 4
6. Preamble amended 4
7. Section 1 replaced 4
328--1 page i
Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Introduced by Hon. P. G. Pendal, MLA)
Constitution (Parliamentary Privileges)
Amendment Bill 2004
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Constitution Act 1889 and the Parliamentary
Privileges Act 1891.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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Constitution (Parliamentary Privileges) Amendment Bill 2004
Part 1 Preliminary
s. 1
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Parliamentary
Privileges) Amendment Bill 2004.
5 2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.
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Constitution (Parliamentary Privileges) Amendment Bill 2004
Constitution Act 1889 amended Part 2
s. 3
Part 2 -- Constitution Act 1889 amended
3. The Act amended
The amendment in this Part is to the Constitution Act 1889*.
[* Reprinted as at 3 July 2000.
5 For subsequent amendments see Western Australian
Legislation Information Tables for 2003, Table 1, p. 68.]
4. Section 36 amended
Section 36 is amended by deleting "Provided that no such
privileges, immunities, or powers shall exceed those for the time
10 being held, enjoyed, and exercised by the Commons House of
Parliament, or the members thereof.".
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Constitution (Parliamentary Privileges) Amendment Bill 2004
Part 3 Parliamentary Privileges Act 1891 amended
s. 5
Part 3 -- Parliamentary Privileges Act 1891 amended
5. The Act amended
The amendments in this Part are to the Parliamentary Privileges
Act 1891*.
5 [* Reprinted as at 6 June 2003.]
6. Preamble amended
The Preamble is amended by deleting all of the words from and
including "Whereas" to and including "the members thereof:"
and inserting instead --
10 "
Whereas by the Constitution Act 1889 it is enacted that
it is lawful for the Parliament of the State by any Act to
define the privileges, immunities, and powers to be
held, enjoyed, and exercised by the Legislative Council
15 and Legislative Assembly and by their members:
".
7. Section 1 replaced
Section 1 is repealed and the following section is inserted
instead --
20 "
1. Privileges, immunities and powers of Council and
Assembly
The Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of
Western Australia, and their members and committees,
25 have and may exercise --
(a) the privileges, immunities and powers set out in
this Act; and
(b) to the extent that they are not inconsistent with
this Act, the privileges, immunities and powers
30 by custom, statute or otherwise of the
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Constitution (Parliamentary Privileges) Amendment Bill 2004
Parliamentary Privileges Act 1891 amended Part 3
s. 7
Commons House of Parliament of the United
Kingdom and its members and committees as at
1 January 1989.
".
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