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Schedule 2—Amendments of other Acts

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.'.