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    The Australia Act 1986 is the short title of each of a pair of separate but related pieces of legislation: one an act of the Parliament of Australia, the...
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    The Constitution Act 1986 is an Act of the New Zealand Parliament that forms a major part of the constitution of New Zealand. It lays down the framework...
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    "Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (Cth)". Federal Register of Legislation. 3 March 1986. "Australia Act 1986 (Cth)". Federal Register of Legislation...
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  • The following lists events that happened during 1986 in Australia. Monarch — Elizabeth II Governor-General — Sir Ninian Stephen Prime Minister — Bob Hawke...
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    Validity Act rests with the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Statute of Westminster 1931 Canada Act 1982 Australia Act 1986 Constitution Act 1986 The citation...
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    Complete legislative independence was finally established by the Australia Act 1986, passed by the United Kingdom Parliament. It removed the possibility...
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    effective from 1939; it has thus become part of Australia. Each external territory is regulated by an Act of the federal Parliament. These Acts contain...
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  • Court of Australia" (PDF). UNSW Law Journal. 30 (3): 731–732, 743–747. Retrieved 16 April 2021. Australia Act 1986 (Imp) and Australia Act 1986 (Cth). Federal...
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    with the Australia Act 1986, no foreign government can advise the monarch on any matters pertinent to Australia; on all matters of the Australian Commonwealth...
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    regulations is the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, which came into force on 1 July 2007 and is applicable in all states and territories of Australia. All persons...
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    the Australian court hierarchy since the passing of the Australia Act 1986. In a May 2017 speech, Justice Virginia Bell observed that "few Australians outside...
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    the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, which itself can now be altered only by Australia, according to the Australia Act 1986; in that way, the...
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  • 1788 Australian independence: Constitution of Australia, 1901 Statute of Westminster 1931 Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 Australia Act 1986 Barbadian...
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    The Australian Constitution (Public Record Copy) Act 1990 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed in 1990. The purpose of the Act was...
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    to the High Court of Australia. Until the passage of the Australia Act 1986, by the Australian and UK parliaments, some Australian cases could be referred...
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    Politics portal Patriation Canadian sovereignty Australia Act 1986 New Zealand Constitution Act 1986 Canada Act 1982, s. 3. "Canada in the Making – Constitutional...
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    Decision Act. Australia Act 1986 Judiciary Act 1903 ALRC Report 92: A Review of the Judiciary Act 1903 and Related Legislation – Australian Law Reform...
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    Westminster Adoption Act 1942 is an act of the Australian Parliament that formally adopted sections 2–6 of the Statute of Westminster 1931, an Act of the Parliament...
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    Constitution Act, 1982, it had to be approved by the British Parliament in the Canada Act 1982. The Australia Act 1986 was also passed by both the Australian and...
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    Australian Capital Territory (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)...
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  • This culminated in the Australia Act, an act formally ending legal ties with the UK. Prior to European settlement of Australia, Europeans had been to...
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    ABC News (Australia). Australia Act 1986 (Cth). "Letters Patent Relating to the Office of Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia". Federal...
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    the Constitution of Australia and supplementary legislation. The High Court was established following the passage of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth). Its authority...
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  • actions by Australia and New Zealand. In 1985 and 1986, the Australian and British parliaments passed the Australia Act 1986. The Australian High Court...
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    Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA) was passed by the 99th United States Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 22, 1986. The Tax Reform...
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  • was the passing of the Australia Act 1986 in the UK. The Act removed the right of the British Parliament to make laws for Australia and ended any British...
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    Western Australian secession referendum 1977 Nevis independence referendum West Indies Associated States Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (effective...
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    Statute of Westminster 1931 (category Australia–United Kingdom relations)
    ended with the Australia Act 1986, the British version of which says that it was passed with the request and consent of the Australian Parliament, which...
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    crisis of World War II. The Australia Act 1986 removed any remaining links between the British Parliament and the Australian states. From 1 February 1927...
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  • Westminster 1931. In Australia, extraterritorial jurisdiction of the state parliaments was authorized by s.2 of the Australia Act 1986. The Criminal Code...
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