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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation) Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Senator Di Natale)
A Bill for an Act to amend certain territory legislation to restore legislative powers concerning euthanasia and to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 , and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Objects of Act..................................................................................... 2
4............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 3
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 3
Norfolk Island Act 1979 3
Schedule 2—Repeal of Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 4
A Bill for an Act to amend certain territory legislation to restore legislative powers concerning euthanasia and to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 , and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation) Act 2012 .
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
The objects of this Act are:
(a) to recognise the rights of the legislative assemblies of the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and Norfolk Island to make laws for the peace, order and good government of their territories, including the right to legislate for voluntary euthanasia; and
(b) to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 which removed that right to legislate for voluntary euthanasia.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.