Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1
3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 2
4............ Objects................................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 3
A Bill for an Act to abolish the power of the Commonwealth executive government to disallow any Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance Power of the Commonwealth) Act 2006.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it 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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
4 Objects
The objects of this Act are to:
(a) remove the Governor-General’s power under the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 to disallow any Act of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory; and
(b) to provide exclusive legislative authority and responsibility for making laws for the Australian Capital Territory to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory.
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988
1 Subsections 35(2), (3), (5), (6) and (7)
Repeal the subsections.