SLSS1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mischief Rule, Repeal, Sunset Provision
26 Jul 2018
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Assent: approval of a bill by the relevant governor or governor-general. Bill: a draft piece of legislation that is proposed through parliament. Commentary: views on law and policy expressed by people with expertise. Delegated legislation: law made by a body to which parliament has delegated authority. Primary legislation: an act or statute created by parliament. Consolidated legislation/consolidated acts: acts put together over time, showing the current law with all applicable amendments incorporated. Legislation, in the form of statute also referred to as an act of parliament, is a primary source of law. Each of the nine parliaments in aus have the power to pass legislation, and that authority comes from the aus constitution. There remain certain english statutes received as law in australia that have not yet been repealed. One consequence of having a federation is that each individual is covered simultaneously by state territory and federal legislation.
