Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCTS ACT 1988 - SCHEDULE 2

Section   14

Parliament Act 1974

Section 3:

Omit the section, substitute the following section:

'3   Parliamentary zone

  ' (1)   For the purposes of this Act, the Parliamentary zone is the area of land bounded by a line commencing at a point where the eastern boundary of Commonwealth Avenue intersects the inner boundary of State Circle and proceeding thence in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of Commonwealth Avenue until it intersects the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, thence in a generally easterly direction along that shore until it intersects the western boundary of Kings Avenue , thence in a south westerly direction along that boundary until it intersects the inner boundary of State Circle , and thence clockwise around that inner boundary to the point of commencement.

  ' (2)   The location of the Parliamentary zone is indicated by shading on the plan set out in the Schedule. ' .

Section 5:

Omit subsection (1), substitute the following subsection:

  ' (1)   No building or other work is to be erected on land within the Parliamentary zone unless:

  (a)   if the land is within the precincts as defined by subsection 3(1) of the Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988 -- the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives jointly have; or

  (b)   in any other case -- the Minister has;

caused a proposal for the erection of the building or work to be laid before each House of the Parliament and the proposal has been approved by resolution of each House. ' .

Schedule:

Omit the Schedule, substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 3 to this Act.

Parliament House Construction Authority Act 1979

Section 10:

After subsection (2) insert the following subsection:

  ' (2A)   The consent of the Authority is not required for a lease or licence to be granted under section 7 of the Parliamentary Precincts Act   1988 . ' .

Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987

Section 15:

Omit all the words after ' tenor ' , substitute:

' (except as otherwise provided by that or any other law) in relation to:

  (a)   any building in the Territory in which a House meets; and

  (b)   any part of the precincts as defined by subsection 3(1) of the Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988 . ' .