Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

BILL OF RIGHTS 1688 - NOTES

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

If the republished law includes penalties, current information about penalty unit values appears on the republication inside front cover.

2     Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance
amdt = amendment	orig = original
ch = chapter	p = page
cl = clause	par = paragraph
def = definition	pres = present
dict = dictionary	prev = previous
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	(prev...) = previously
Assembly	prov = provision
div = division	pt = part
exp = expires/expired	r = rule/subrule
Gaz = Gazette	reg = regulation/subregulation
hdg = heading	renum = renumbered
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	reloc = relocated
ins = inserted/added	R[X] = Republication No
LA = Legislation Act 2001	s = section/subsection
LR = legislation register	sch = schedule
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sdiv = subdivision
mod = modified / modification	sub = substituted
No = number	SL = Subordinate Law
num = numbered	underlining = whole or part not commenced
o = order	or to be expired
om = omitted/repealed

3     Legislation history

This Act was originally a UK Act—The Bill of Rights 1688 1 Will and Mary sess 2 c 2 (UK). The Act was renamed as the Bill of Rights 1688 when it was first republished under the Legislation Act 2001

.

The Act was in force in NSW immediately before 1 January 1911 (the date of establishment of the ACT) and was continued in force by the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909

(Cwlth), s 6.

Under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910

(Cwlth), s 4 the Act had effect in the ACT as if it were an ACT law (subject to ordinances made under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910).

The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

(Cwlth), s 34 (4) converted most former UK laws in force in the ACT into ACT enactments. This allowed the ACT Legislative Assembly to amend and repeal the laws. This Act was converted into an ACT enactment on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).

Under the Interpretation Act 1967

(repealed), s 65 all former UK Acts in force in the ACT immediately before 10 November 1999 (including this Act) became, for all purposes, laws made by the ACT Legislative Assembly. This completed the process of making former UK Acts fully into ACT laws.

Bill of Rights 1688 1 Will and Mary sess 2 c 2

as amended by

Imperial Acts Application Act 1986

A1986-93 s 5 and sch 3 pt 11

notified 12 January 1987 (Cwlth Gaz 1986 No S1)

s 5 and sch 3 pt 11 commenced 12 January 1987 ( s 2 (1))

4     Amendment history

The Imperial Acts Application Act 1986

(the 1986 Act), sch 3, pt 11 set out the text of this Act in an amended form and provided for the amended form to apply as the text of the Act in force in the ACT (see 1986 Act, s 5 (1), (4) and (5)).

The division of this Act into numbered paragraphs is in accordance with the text in Statutes at Large.

Section 11 was impliedly amended by 9 Geo 4 c 50, section 62 which repealed the parts of section 11 declaring that jurors who pass on men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders. The text of section 11 was amended accordingly by the 1986 Act.

Section X required the declaration mentioned in it be taken in accordance with 30 Chas 2 St 2 c 1. That Act was repealed in the UK by 29 and 30 Vic c 19. The declaration to be taken by the Sovereign is now prescribed by the Accession Declaration Act 1910 (UK). Section X was amended by the 1986 Act to reflect these changes in the law of the United Kingdom.

The parts of section XII whose operation was exhausted before 25 July 1828 were omitted by the 1986 Act.

Section XIII was omitted by the 1986 Act because its operation was exhausted before 25 July 1828.

This Act has not been amended since the enactment of the 1986 Act, except under the Legislation Act 2001

.

Name of Act
    am R1 LA

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

© Australian Capital Territory 2002

Australian Capital Territory

Republication No 1

Republication date: 5 July 2002







Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office
About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Bill of Rights 1688 1 Will and Mary Sess 2 c 2 as in force on 5 July 2002

. It includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law and any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 (Editorial changes).

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel's Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au

):

              • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001

applies

              • unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001

, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001

, section 95.

Penalties

The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—

(a) if the person charged is an individual—$100; or

(b) if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

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