Australia Acts (Request) Act 1985 (SA)

South Australia Australia Acts (Request) Act 1985 An Act to enable the constitutional arrangements affecting the Commonwealth and the States to be brought into conformity with the status of the Commonwealth of Australia as a sovereign, independent and federal nation.

Contents Preamble 1 Short title 2 Request for Commonwealth legislation 3 Request and consent to United Kingdom legislation 4 Request and consent to Commonwealth legislation Schedule 1 Schedule 2 Legislative history

Preamble WHEREAS the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth and the Premiers of the States at conferences held in Canberra on 24 and 25 June 1982 and 21 June 1984 agreed on the taking of certain measures to bring constitutional arrangements affecting the Commonwealth and the States into conformity with the status of the Commonwealth of Australia as a sovereign, independent and federal nation: AND WHEREAS it has been agreed that the Parliament of the Commonwealth at the request of the Parliaments of the States in pursuance of section 51 (xxxviii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia should enact an Act in the terms in Schedule 1: AND WHEREAS it has been agreed that each State should request and consent to the enactment by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of an Act in the terms of the Schedule to the Act contained in Schedule 2: AND WHEREAS it has been agreed that the Parliament of the Commonwealth with the concurrence of all the States should enact an Act requesting and consenting to the enactment by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of an Act in the terms of the Schedule to the Act contained in Schedule 2:

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Australia Acts (Request) Act 1985. 2—Request for Commonwealth legislation The Parliament of the State requests the enactment by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of an Act in, or substantially in, the terms set out in Schedule 1. 3—Request and consent to United Kingdom legislation The Parliament and Government of the State request and consent to the enactment by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of an Act in, or substantially in, the terms set out in the Schedule to the Act contained in Schedule 2. 4—Request and consent to Commonwealth legislation The Parliament and Government of the State request and consent to the enactment by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of an Act in, or substantially in, the terms set out in Schedule 2.