Chapter 1 - The
Senate and its constitutional role
Other
powers
In relation to
powers other than legislative powers, the Constitution
provides that the “powers, privileges and immunities of the Senate and of the
House of Representatives, and of the members and the committees of each House,
shall be such as are declared by the Parliament, and until declared shall be
those of the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and of its
members and committees, at the establishment of the Commonwealth” (s. 49).
In 1987 the Parliamentary Privileges Act was enacted by the Parliament
under this section. The powers conferred by section 49 and the statute are
dealt with in Chapter 2, Parliamentary Privilege.
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