Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Members of Local Government Bodies) Act 2003 (Cth)

Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Members of Local Government Bodies) Act 2003

No. 144, 2003

An Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, and for related purposes

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Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Members of Local Government Bodies) Act 2003

No. 144, 2003

An Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, and for related purposes

[Assented to 17 December 2003]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Members of Local Government Bodies) Act 2003.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

1

At the end of section 327

Add:

1. (3)

   A law of a State or Territory has no effect to the extent to which the law discriminates against a member of a local government body on the ground that:

   1. (a)

      the member has been, is, or is to be, nominated; or

   2. (b)

      the member has been, is, or is to be, declared;

as a candidate in an election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.

1. (4)

   In subsection (3):

member of a local government body means a member of a local governing body established by or under a law of a State or Territory.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 12 December 2002

Senate on 28 November 2003]

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