Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 ...

Read the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 here:

- Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007.

The relevant provision:

(1E) A law of a State or Territory has no effect to the extent to which the law in any way prohibits a person or body from, or penalises or discriminates against a person or body for:

(a) entering into, or proposing to enter into, an arrangement under subsection (1); or

(b) taking part in or assisting with, or proposing to take part in or assist with, the conduct of an activity (such as a plebiscite) to which an arrangement under subsection (1) relates.

(1F) If the operation of subsection (1E) would, but for this subsection, exceed the legislative powers of the Commonwealth, it is the intention of the Parliament that it operate to the extent that the law of the State or Territory would be inconsistent with Article 19, or paragraph (a) of Article 25, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Note: Articles 19 and 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are set out in Schedule 2 to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986.


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