EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
No. 7 of 1994
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1910
SUPREME COURT (ARBITRATION) (REPEAL) ORDINANCE
Subsection 12(1)(a) of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 provides that the Governor-General may make ordinances for the peace, order and good government of the Australian Capital Territory with respect to the jurisdiction, practice and procedure of the Supreme Court of the Territory.
The purpose of the Ordinance is to repeal the Supreme Court (Arbitration) Ordinance 1990 (the Arbitration Ordinance).  The Arbitration Ordinance was a reserved law under Schedule 2 of the Reserved Laws (Administration) Ordinance 1989.
The ACT Government has amended the Supreme Court Act 1993 (the Act) to incorporate the substantive provisions of the Arbitration Ordinance into the Act. The Arbitration Ordinance can, therefore, be repealed. The ACT Government has requested the repeal.
Details of the Ordinance are as follows.
Section 1 provides that the short title of the Ordinance is the Supreme Court (Arbitration) (Repeal) Ordinance 1994.
Section 2 provides that the Ordinance will commence on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.
Section 3 provides that the Arbitration Ordinance is repealed.