Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00093:section:12:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00093
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 12 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 7445–10217

12  Ordinances
 (1) Subject to subsection, (1B) the Governor‑General may make Ordinances for the peace, order and good government of the Territory with respect to:
 (a) the jurisdiction, practice and procedure of the Supreme Court of the Territory;
 (b) the classification of materials for the purposes of censorship;
 (c) evidence;
 (d) National Land as defined by the Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988;
 (e) companies;
 (f) close corporations;
 (g) foreign companies;
 (h) the acquisition of shares in bodies corporate;
 (j) the regulation of the securities industry and the futures industry; and
 (k) the subject matter of laws specified in Schedule 3 to the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988.
 (1A) An Ordinance made under paragraph (1)(d) has no effect to the extent that it is inconsistent with the National Capital Plan in effect under the Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988, but an Ordinance shall be taken to be consistent with the Plan to the extent that it is capable of operating concurrently with the Plan.
 (1B) Subject to subsection (1C), paragraphs (1)(a), (c) and (k) cease to have effect:
 (a) on or after 1 July 1992; or
 (b) after regulations made for the purposes of subsection 34(6) of the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988 have amended Schedule 3 to that Act by omitting all the laws in that Schedule, other than those referred to in Schedule 5 to that Act;
whichever occurs sooner.
 (1C) Paragraph (1)(k) does not cease to have effect on and after 1 July 1992 in regard to any matter referred to in Schedule 5 to the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988.
 (2) Every such Ordinance shall:
 (a) be notified in the Gazette;
 (b) subject to subsection (2AA), take effect:
 (i) from the date of notification;
 (ii) where another date (whether before or after the date of notification) is specified in the Ordinance, from the date specified; or
 (iii) where the Ordinance so provides, from such date as is fixed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette; and
 (c) be laid before each House of the Parliament within fifteen sitting days of that House after the day on which the Ordinance is made.
 (2AA) An Ordinance that:
 (a) makes provision in relation to a matter arising from, connected with or consequential upon the establishment of the Territory as a body politic under the Crown; and
 (b) is made on or before Self‑Government Day within the meaning of the A.C.T. Self‑Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988;
may be expressed to take effect from the date of commencement of a provision of the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988.
 (2A) A notice in the Gazette of any such Ordinance having