29Avoidance of application of enactments to Parliament

29 Avoidance of application of enactments to Parliament

(1) In this section:

enactment includes a part of an enactment.

Parliamentary precincts means the precincts defined by subsection 3(1) of the Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988.

(2) If either House of the Parliament passes a resolution declaring that an enactment made after the commencing day does not apply: (a) to that House; (b) to the members of that House; or (c) in the Parliamentary precincts; the resolution has effect according to its tenor and the enactment does not apply accordingly. (3) A resolution under subsection (2): (a) does not have effect in respect of the application of an enactment on a day before the day on which the resolution is passed; and (b) has effect, to the extent that the enactment ceases to apply, as if the enactment were repealed by another enactment.