Second Reading Speeches

Norfolk Island Amendment (Supreme Court) Bill 2020

Type
Government
Portfolio
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Norfolk Island Act 1979
to: make technical amendments to the provisions authorising off-island sittings of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island to remove any doubt that the Supreme Court may exercise its criminal or civil jurisdiction in a state, in the absence of an arrangement between the Commonwealth and the state government or authority, where no powers, duties or functions are conferred or imposed upon a state officer; and clarify the basis under which travelling allowances are determined for judges of the Supreme Court.

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