ADMJ 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902, Australia Act 1986, Political Communication
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Gradual abolition of judicial appeals to the privy council: Privy council (limitation of appeals) act 1968 (cth) Abolished appeals in all matters involving federal laws. Privy council (appeals from the high court) act 1975 (cth) limited appeals to pc from hca to those matters which had been commenced in a court before 8 july 1975. Someone who had lost in a non-federal matter in a state supreme court now had a choice of two final appellate courts pc or hca. Abolished all appeals to the privy council from australia, except where leave to appeal had already been granted: the federal system. Australia: a federation with a federal system of government. Means two levels (commonwealth/federal and state) of: Commonwealth of australia constitution act 1900 (imp) (chapters i viii) Recognises the existence of the six australian colonies as they were in 1900, and continues in force their constitutions and laws except as changed by the.
