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Title

Constitution Alteration (Water Resources) 2019

Database

Bills & Legislation

Long Title

A Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution to make laws for the use and management of water resources that extend beyond the limits of a State, and to require laws relating to water resources to not have an overall detrimental effect on the environment

Date

04-07-2019 12:07 PM

Source

Senate

Parl No.

46

Bill Number

S03/19

Bill Type

Private

Portfolio

 

Reps Bill Code

O

Status

Before Senate

System Id

legislation/bills/s1213_first-senate/0000


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Constitution Alteration (Water Resources) 2019

2019

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Constitution Alteration (Water Resources) 2019

 

No.      , 2019

 

(Senator Patrick)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution to make laws for the use and management of water resources that extend beyond the limits of a State, and to require laws relating to water resources to not have an overall detrimental effect on the environment

   

   

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

4............ Object.................................................................................................. 2

Schedule 1—Alteration of the Constitution                                                            3

 

 

A Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution to make laws for the use and management of water resources that extend beyond the limits of a State, and to require laws relating to water resources to not have an overall detrimental effect on the environment

The Parliament of Australia, with the approval of the electors, as required by the Constitution, enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Constitution Alteration (Water Resources) 2019 .

2   Commencement

                   This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent

3   Schedules

                   The Constitution is altered as set out in the Schedule.

4   Object

             (1)  The object of this Act’s proposed alteration to the Constitution is to:

                     (a)  provide the Commonwealth the power to make laws in relation to the use and management of water resources that extend beyond the limits of a State; and

                     (b)  ensure that any law of the Commonwealth that relates to water resources does not affect water resources in a way that has an overall detrimental effect on the environment.

             (2)  If the proposed alteration is approved in accordance with section 128 of the Constitution, it is Parliament’s intention to rely on the further legislative power provided by the alteration to create a nationally consistent regulatory framework for the use and management of all or particular water resources that extend beyond the limits of a State.

             (3)  Water resources that extend beyond the limits of a State include the Murray-Darling Basin and the Great Artesian Basin.