Parliamentary Joint Sittings Amendment Act 1981

No. 39 of 1981

An Act relating to joint sittings of the Parliament

[Assented to 1 May 1981]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Joint Sittings Amendment Act 1981.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Amendment of Evidence Act

3. Section 2 of the Evidence Act 19051 is amended by adding “or held pursuant to any Act” at the end of the definition of “joint sitting of the Parliament”.

Amendment of the Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act

4. Section 3 of the Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 19462 is amended by adding “or held pursuant to any Act” at the end of the definition of “joint sitting” in sub-section (1).

Amendment of the Parliamentary Papers Act

5. Section 1A of the Parliamentary Papers Act 19083 is amended by adding “or held pursuant to any Act” at the end of the definition of “joint sitting”.

NOTES

1. No. 4, 1905, as amended by No. 43, 1934; No. 80, 1950; No. 48, 1956; No. 28, 1963; No. 53, 1964; No. 80, 1973; No. 216, 1973; No. 31, 1974; No. 14, 1978; and No. 139, 1979.

2. No. 20, 1946, as amended by No. 35, 1960; No. 94, 1973; No. 216, 1973; and No. 32, 1976.

3. No. 16, 1908, as amended by No. 64, 1935; No. 35, 1946; No. 29, 1963; and No. 33, 1974.