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CONSTITUTION (PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES) AMENDMENT BILL 2004

                        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




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                           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 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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