Australian Capital Territory Representation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1983 No. l151

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Australian Capital Territory Representation Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Australian Capital Territory Representation (House of Representatives) Act 1973.

Dated 25 July 1983.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

KIM C. BEAZLEY

Special Minister of State

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Principal Regulations

1. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Australian Capital Territory Representation Regulations.

Sealed parcels to be preserved

2. Regulation 67 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “The sealed parcels” and substituting “Subject to regulation 67a, the sealed parcels”.

3. After regulation 67 of the Principal Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Collection of statistical information

“67a. All ballot-papers, postal vote certificates and voters’ declarations used at an election may, at any time after the election can no longer be questioned, be dealt with as necessary for the purposes of collecting statistical information in relation to the election.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 July 1983.

2. Statutory Rules 1974 No. 62 as amended by 1980 No. 243; 1981 No. 85.