Electoral Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

Electoral Regulations1 (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No. 34 of 19972

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Electoral Act 1992.

Dated 25 November 1997.

gary humphries

Minister

bill stefaniak

Minister

Commencement

1.  (1)  These Regulations, other than paragraph 4 (b), commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.

(2)  Paragraph 4 (b) commences on 1 December 1997.

Principal Regulations

2.  In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Electoral Regulations.

Interpretation

3.  Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting the following definitions:

“ ‘City of Canberra Arms’ has the same meaning as in the City of Canberra Arms Act 1932;

‘government agency’ has the same meaning as in subsection 3 (1) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994.”.

Prescribed classes of items

4.  Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)by adding at the end the following paragraphs:

“(c)reports under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 1995;

(d)subject to subregulation (2), publications of a government agency that include—

(i)the name of the agency;

(ii)the City of Canberra Arms; and

(iii)the words ‘Australian Capital Territory’, ‘Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly’, ‘ACT Legislative Assembly’, ‘Australian Capital Territory Government’ or ‘ACT Government’.”; and

(b)by adding at the end the following subregulation:

“(2)  The reference in paragraph (1) (d) to publications does not include a reference to a publication that is published for the first time within 6 months prior to a general election if the publication includes a picture of an MLA.”.

NOTES

Principal Regulations

1. Reprinted as at 31 March 1997. See also Act No. 41, 1997; Subordinate Law No. 28, 1997.

Notification

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 28 November 1997.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1997