Section 1 is
repealed and the following section is inserted instead —
“
1. Privileges, immunities and powers of
Council and Assembly
The Legislative
Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, and their members and
committees, have and may exercise —
(a) the
privileges, immunities and powers set out in this Act; and
(b) to
the extent that they are not inconsistent with this Act, the privileges,
immunities and powers by custom, statute or otherwise of the Commons House of
Parliament of the United Kingdom and its members and committees as at
1 January 1989.
”.