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The amendment to section 8 makes it clear that a statute does not apply to the Territory unless that statute specifically declares that that is to be the case. If, however, a statute, by its terms, does specifically apply to the Territory, section 8 will continue to require that the procedural rights of the Territory in a suit brought by an individual are no different from those of the individual. I now present the explanatory memorandum to this Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Collaery) adjourned.
SELF-GOVERNMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 1991
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (10.58): Mr Speaker, I present the Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1991. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The preparation of this legislation was agreed to by the previous Government. The purpose of this Bill is to make various minor technical corrections to ACT legislation, necessary because of self-government. It is a tidying up exercise and as such it comes from the same stable as the 1988, 1989 and 1990 Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Acts.
The Bill also complements the ongoing process of review of all ACT legislation to make it more accessible and relevant to today's needs. This process is one all governments need to pursue. It is a process which we support and will continue to support. This Bill is part of the necessary but lengthy process of updating legislation in the Australian Capital Territory.
The Bill makes a number of technical changes to various different Acts. They are minor corrections of the type made in previous similar Acts. Most of the amendments are to replace references to the Commonwealth with references to the Territory, or to remove references to the legislation made obsolete or inapplicable because of self-government.
For the most part, this Bill is self-explanatory, and therefore I mention just a few of its provisions by way of example. Clause 2 of the Bill removes an obsolete reference to the Commonwealth Audit Act 1901 which hitherto has escaped notice in the ACT Institute of Technical and Further Education Act 1987 - not "Furniture Education", as was detected yesterday. It is replaced with a reference to the ACT Audit Act 1989.
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