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TASMANIA
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CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT (LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS) BILL 2011
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 20 amended (Quorum of the Council)
5. Repeal of Act
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CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT (LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS) BILL 2011
(Brought in by the Honourable Donald George Wing)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Constitution Act 1934
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Constitution
Amendment (Legislative Council Proceedings)
Act 2011.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Constitution Act 1934* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
*No. 94 of 1934
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Constitution Amendment (Legislative Council Proceedings) Act
2011
Act No. of
s. 4
4. Section 20 amended (Quorum of the Council)
Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by inserting in subsection (1) "or her"
after "his";
(b) by omitting from subsection (2) ",
exclusive of the President";
(c) by omitting subsection (3) and
substituting the following subsection:
(3) A question on which there is an
equality of votes passes in the
negative.
5. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from
the day on which it commences.
4 Government Printer, Tasmania