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This Act may be cited as the Parliament Act 1974.
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This Act defines the Parliamentary zone around Capital Hill, fixes the site for the new Parliament House on Capital Hill, and requires that proposals to erect buildings or works in that zone be laid before and approved by resolution of each House (or, for certain precinct land, jointly by the President and Speaker) or by the Minister. It exempts routine maintenance, internal alterations and works already documented by 1 December 1974. This affects landowners, developers and government agencies by shifting approval power to Parliament or the Minister and imposing proposal, timing and compliance costs (ss.3–5).
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This Act may be cited as the Parliament Act 1974.
This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Parliamentary zone is the area of land bounded by a line commencing at a point where the eastern boundary of Commonwealth Avenue intersects the inner boundary of State Circle and proceeding thence in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of Commonwealth Avenue until it intersects the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, thence in a generally easterly direction along that shore until it intersects the western boundary of Kings Avenue, thence in a south westerly direction along that boundary until it intersects the inner boundary of State Circle, and thence clockwise around that inner boundary to the point of commencement. (2) The location of the Parliamentary zone is indicated by shading on the plan set out in the Schedule.
The new and permanent Parliament House proposed to be constructed after the commencement of this Act shall be constructed upon the site on Capital Hill marked “Site of Parliament House” on the plan set out in the Schedule.
(1) No building or other work is to be erected on land within the Parliamentary zone unless:
(a) if the land is within the precincts as defined by subsection 3(1) of the Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988—the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives jointly have; or
(b) in any other case—the Minister has;
caused a proposal for the erection of the building or work to be laid before each House of the Parliament and the proposal has been approved by resolution of each House. (2) Subsection (1) does not prevent carrying out of work by way of maintenance or repair of buildings or works situated on land within the Parliamentary zone, or by way of internal alterations to those buildings or works. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to buildings and works which have reached the documentation stage by 1 December 1974.
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This Act may be cited as the Parliament Act 1974.
This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Parliamentary zone is the area of land bounded by a line commencing at a point where the eastern boundary of Commonwealth Avenue intersects the inner boundary of State Circle and proceeding thence in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of Commonwealth Avenue until it intersects the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, thence in a generally easterly direction along that shore until it intersects the western boundary of Kings Avenue, thence in a south westerly direction along that boundary until it intersects the inner boundary of State Circle, and thence clockwise around that inner boundary to the point of commencement. (2) The location of the Parliamentary zone is indicated by shading on the plan set out in the Schedule.
The new and permanent Parliament House proposed to be constructed after the commencement of this Act shall be constructed upon the site on Capital Hill marked “Site of Parliament House” on the plan set out in the Schedule.
(1) No building or other work is to be erected on land within the Parliamentary zone unless:
(a) if the land is within the precincts as defined by subsection 3(1) of the Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988—the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives jointly have; or
(b) in any other case—the Minister has;
caused a proposal for the erection of the building or work to be laid before each House of the Parliament and the proposal has been approved by resolution of each House. (2) Subsection (1) does not prevent carrying out of work by way of maintenance or repair of buildings or works situated on land within the Parliamentary zone, or by way of internal alterations to those buildings or works. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to buildings and works which have reached the documentation stage by 1 December 1974.
Sections 3 and 4
PARLIAMENTARY ZONE
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