Bill
Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
passed, as at 2015-05-26. Infrastructure portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-03-26
- second reading — 2015-03-26
- second reading — 2015-05-12
- second reading — 2015-05-12
- third reading — 2015-05-12
- introduced — 2015-05-13
- second reading — 2015-05-13
- second reading — 2015-05-14
- second reading — 2015-05-14
- third reading — 2015-05-14
- passed — 2015-05-14
- royal assent — 2015-05-26
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-03-26.
This bill is part of a package that would reform governance of Norfolk Island and extend mainland social security, immigration, health and tax arrangements to the territory.
The package would abolish the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, establish an interim Advisory Council, and later apply New South Wales state law as Commonwealth law from 1 July 2016.
During the interim transition starting after the bill's passage, the Governor-General would gain broad legislative power to make Ordinances for the territory, subject to disallowance but not sunsetting.
- Abolish the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly and terminate members' offices.
- Establish an Advisory Council to advise the Administrator on territory governance.
- Create a statutory Executive Director position to run the Norfolk Island Administration day to day.
- Give the Commonwealth Minister overarching supervisory powers over the Administration and related bodies.
- Confer powers under Norfolk Island enactments on the Commonwealth Minister instead of Norfolk Island Ministers during the interim period.
- Abolish the Executive Council.
Residents and government of Norfolk Island, including the Legislative Assembly, Administration, and community representatives.
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