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Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015)
« on: August 30, 2017, 10:20:49 PM »
Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015)

An act to amend the Constitution of the Independent Order, as well as the Vice Chancellor Act (2014), Privy Council Act (2014), Imperial Administration Act (2014), Emergency Procedures Act (2014), Peerage Act (2013), Intelligence Agency Act (2014) and Criminal Code (2013), to implement gender-neutral language in Independent Order law.

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(1) This act may be referred to as the Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015).

[repealed]

Amendments to the Vice Chancellor Act (2014)

(5) In section (2), omit the word ‘his’ and insert ‘their’.

[repealed]

Amendments to the Emergency Procedures Act (2014)

(11) Where, in sections (4) and (6), a gender-specific pronoun has been used, these shall be omitted and replaced with ‘they’.

Amendments to the Peerage Act (2013)

(12) Where, in sections (8) and (9), a gender-specific possessive determiner has been used, these shall be omitted and replaced with ‘their’.

(13) In section (9), omit the words ‘he/she’ and insert ‘they’.

Amendments to the Intelligence Agency Act (2014)

(14) In section (5), omit the word ‘his’ and insert ‘their’.

Amendments to the Criminal Code (2013)

(15) In section (15), omit the words ‘him/her’ and insert ‘them’.

Amendments to the Electoral Systems and Procedures Act (2014)

(16) In section (10), omit the word 'he' and insert 'The Grand Chancellor'.

Miscellaneous

(17) Whereby sections have been added or removed in this act, all section numbers shall be renumbered accordingly.

(18) All future legislation passed following this act must not use gender-specific terminology, unless a distinction is required.

(19) Should a gender-specific term be found in any other Act of the Senate not included in this act, section (2) of the Grammatical, Formatting and Spelling Error Corrections Act (2014) shall be interpreted to allow the Speaker to amend it to a gender-neutral term.
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Re: Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015)
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2017, 10:21:00 PM »
The Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015) (Repeals) Act (2017)

An act to repeal various redundant provisions of the Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015), and for connected purposes.

BE IT ENACTED by Her Excellency the Grand Chancellor, exercising powers under section (4) of the State of Emergency Order (2017), and with the advice and consent of the Council of Nobility, as follows:

(1) Sections 2-4 and 6-10 shall be repealed.

(2) No other sections in this Act shall be renumbered.
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