Royal Commissions Amendment (Private Sessions) Act 2023 (Cth)

Royal Commissions Amendment (Private Sessions) Act 2023

No. 83, 2023

An Act to amend the Royal Commissions Act 1902, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules Schedule 1—Amendments Royal Commissions Act 1902

Royal Commissions Amendment (Private Sessions) Act 2023 No. 83, 2023

An Act to amend the Royal Commissions Act 1902, and for related purposes

[Assented to 28 September 2023]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act is the Royal Commissions Amendment (Private Sessions) Act 2023.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this Act The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 29 September 2023

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Royal Commissions Act 1902

1 Subsection 6OA(1) Insert: Assistant Commissioner, for a Royal Commission, means a person authorised under subsection 6OB(2A) to be an Assistant Commissioner for the sole purpose of holding private sessions for the Commission.