Request for Commonwealth Legislation
5 Request for Commonwealth Legislation
The Legislative Assembly requests the enactment by the
Parliament of the Commonwealth of an Act in, or substantially in, the terms set out in the Schedule and subject to subsection (2) the continuation in force of the Act when so enacted.
The Legislative Assembly requests the Parliament of the
Commonwealth to amend the Commonwealth Act (other than the Schedules) but only in terms which are approved by the designated person for each of the then participating jurisdictions.
For the purposes of this section, a participating jurisdiction is:
a State for which there is in force an Act of its Parliament that refers to the Parliament of the Commonwealth, to the extent to which they are not otherwise included in the legislative powers of the
Parliament of the Commonwealth, matters to which the Schedule relates, or that adopts the Commonwealth Act, under paragraph (xxxvii) of section 51 of the Commonwealth Constitution; or
the Territory or the Australian Capital Territory (while there is in force an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital
Territory that requests the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact the Commonwealth Act or that enables the Commonwealth Act to apply in relation to the Australian Capital Territory).
For the purposes of this section, the designated person for a
State is the Governor, for the Australian Capital Territory is the
Chief Minister and for the Northern Territory is the Administrator.
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