Citizens' Initiated Referendum (Constitution Amendment) Bill 1998* (Qld)

Queensland

CITIZENS' INITIATED REFERENDUM (CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT) BILL 1998

Section 35

CITIZENS' INITIATED REFERENDUM (CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT) BILL TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Short title 20.6... Actamended ....... 0... cece cnet tte ees Amendment of s 1 (Legislative Assembly) .................00.00000. Amendment of s 2 (Legislative Assembly constituted) ................ Insertion of new ss 2B-2D ..... 66... 2B Legislation by citizens' initiative and referendum..............

2C Limitation on Parliament's power to affect laws enacted under 2B.... 6... eee tee t tet eenee

2D __ Supporting provisions for the enactment of laws unders2B......

Amendment of s 53 (Certain measures to be supported by referendum) . .

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Constitution Act 1867 to provide for legislation by citizens' initiative and referendum, to entrench the provisions relating to citizens' initiatives and referendums, and to remove colonial terminology in certain sections of the Act

sl 4 s4 Citizens' Initiated Referendum (Constitution

Amendment)

The Parliament of Queensland enacts— 1

Short title 2

Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Citizens' Initiated Referendum 3 (Constitution Amendment) Act 1998. 4

Act amended 5

Clause 2. This Act amends the Constitution Act 1867. 6 Amendment of s 1 (Legislative Assembly) 7

Clause 3. Section 1, 'said Colony'— 8 omit, insert— 9

'State'. 10 Amendment of s 2 (Legislative Assembly constituted) 11

Clause 4.(1) Section 2, heading— 12 omit, insert— 13 'Legislative power'. 14

(2) Section 2, 'said Colony'— 15

omit, insert— 16

'State'. 17

(3) Section 2, 'the said Assembly'— 18

omit, insert— 19

'the Legislative Assembly, or with the consent of the electors manifested 20

in accordance with section 2B,'. 21

Clause

s5 5 s5

Citizens' Initiated Referendum (Constitution Amendment)

(4) Section 2, 'colony'— omit, insert—