House of Assembly (Election) Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Regulations    1986    No. 10¹

House of Assembly (Election) Regulations² (Amendment)

I, GORDON GLEN DENTON SCHOLES, the Minister of State for Territories, hereby make the following Regulation under the House of Assembly Ordinance 1936.

Dated 31 July 1986.

G. SCHOLES

Minister of State for Territories

Minister may direct holding of an election

Regulation 25 of the House of Assembly (Election) Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1) the following sub-regulation:

“(1A)  Notwithstanding sub-regulation (1), in respect of the period commencing on the day on which this sub-regulation takes effect and ending at the expiration of 31 December 1986, the Minister may—

(a)give a direction for the holding of an election; and

(b)in connection with that election, appoint dates for the purposes referred to in sub-regulation (1),

at any time during that period.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 August 1986.

2. Regulations notified in the Gazette on 8 June 1939 as amended by 1941 No. 5; 1951 No. 2; 1953 No. 7; 1955 No. 2; 1957 No. 6; 1959 Nos. 9 and 10; 1961 No. 10; 1962 No. 1; 1964 No. 2; 1967 No. 8; 1974 Nos. 10, 14, 15 and 20; 1977 No. 23; 1979 Nos. 1, 9 and 26; 1982 No. 8.