EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
STATUTORY RULES 1990 NO. 405
Paragraph 74(d) of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations amending Schedule 5 to the Act as provided by section 34 of the Act.
Subsection 34 (8A) of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations adding to the list of laws in Schedule 5 to the Act laws added to the list of laws in Schedule 3 to the Act by regulations made under subsection 34(8).
Schedule 3 to the Act as passed by Parliament in 1988 contained an incomplete list of laws of the Territory on matters which were not intended to pass from Commonwealth to Territory control on self-government day. Subsection 34(8) allowed the list to be added to by regulations made before self-government day, 9 May 1989. Laws listed in Schedule 3 alone will transfer to the Territory on 1 July 1992, at the latest, unless also listed in Schedule 5.
The present regulations add to the list in Schedule 5 the following laws, which were added to the list in Schedule 3 by regulations made before self-government day, and which cover matters for which there is no timetable for transfer of responsibility from the Commonwealth to the Territory:
Canberra Institute of the Arts Ordinance 1988: establishes the Canberra Institute of the Arts
Classification of Publications Ordinance 1983: governs the ACT censorship system
National Land Ordinance 1989: management by the Commonwealth of National Land under the Australian Capital (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988
National Memorials Ordinance_1 28: operations of the Canberra National Memorials Committee
Police Pensions Ordinance 1958: pension rights of some retired members of the former A.C.T. Police Force and their dependants
Reserved Laws (Administration) Ordinance 1989 and
Reserved Laws (Interpretation) Ordinance 1989: administration and interpretation of all reserved laws
Unlawful Assemblies Ordinance 1937: protection of the precincts of the former provisional Parliament House
Authorized by the Minister for the Arts, Tourism and Territories