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1998-1999-2000
The Parliament
of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Appropriation
(Dr Carmen Lawrence’s Legal Costs) Bill
1999-2000
No. ,
2000
(Finance and
Administration)
A Bill for an Act to
appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet the
Commonwealth’s liability relating to legal costs of Dr Carmen Lawrence in
connection with the Marks Royal Commission, and for related
purposes
ISBN:
0642 430659
Contents
A Bill for an Act to appropriate money out of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet the Commonwealth’s liability relating to
legal costs of Dr Carmen Lawrence in connection with the Marks Royal Commission,
and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Dr Carmen Lawrence’s
Legal Costs) Act 1999-2000.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purpose of meeting
the Commonwealth’s liability under orders made on 25 February 2000 by the
Federal Court of Australia in the case of Vass & Ors v The Commonwealth of
Australia, and for the purpose of meeting any associated liability of the
Commonwealth to pay interest under section 52 of the Federal Court of
Australia Act 1976.
The appropriation made by this Act is in addition to appropriations made
by any other Act.