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Arts, Environment and Territories
Legislation Amendment Act 1993

No. 6 of 1994

An Act to amend legislation relating to arts, environment
and Territories, and for related purposes

[Assented to 18 January 1994]

  The Parliament of Australia enacts:

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Arts, Environment and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1993.

Commencement

2.(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Subsection 4(1) is taken to have commenced on 11 May 1989, immediately after the commencement of section 22 of the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988.

(3) Subsection 4(2) is taken to have commenced on 14 November 1989, immediately after the commencement of the Legislative Assembly (Members' Staff) Act 1989 of the Australian Capital Territory.

PART 2—AMENDMENTS OF THE A.C.T. SELF-GOVERNMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1988

Principal Act

3. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 19881.

Transitional application of Commonwealth Employees Rehabilitation and Compensation Act

  4.(1) Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting "and" from paragraph (c) of the definition of "Territory staff" in subsection (1);

     (b) by adding at the end of that definition the following word and paragraph:

           "; and (e) the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and members of the Australian Capital Territory Fire Brigade under the Fire Brigade (Administration) Act 1974 of the Territory.".

  (2) Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting "and" from paragraph (d) of the definition of "Territory staff" in subsection (1);

     (b) by adding at the end of that definition the following word and paragraph:

           "; and(f) persons employed under the Legislative Assembly (Members' Staff) Act 1989 of the Territory.".

PART 3—AMENDMENTS OF ACTS

Amendments of Acts

  5. The Acts specified in the Schedule are amended as set out in the Schedule.

                          SCHEDULE Section 5

AMENDMENTS OF ACTS

A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988

Subsections 5(6) and (7):

  Omit the subsections.

Section 7:

  Repeal the section.

Australia Council Act 1975

Subsection 29(5):

  After "he" insert "or she".

Subsection 29(9):

  Omit "Chairman" (wherever occurring), substitute "Chairperson".

Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) Act 1988

Subsection 18(3):

  Omit the subsection, substitute:

"(3) Paragraph (1)(b) does not prevent the making of special provisions for persons who are so sight impaired or physically incapacitated or illiterate that they cannot vote without assistance.".

Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management)
Act 1988

After section 31:

  Insert:

Minerals in Territory Land

  "31A.(1) In this section:

'mineral' means a naturally occurring substance or mixture of substances, whether in a solid, liquid or gaseous state.

"(2) So long as any land in the Territory is Territory Land, all rights of the Commonwealth