Local Government (Elections) Amendment Act 1982 (NSW)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) AMENDMENT ACT,

1982, No. 113

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ELIZABETHS O REGINiE

Act No. 113, 1982.

An Act to amend section 50 of the Local Government Act, 1919, with respect

December, 1982.]

to the qualification of electors under that Act. [Assented to, 1st

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BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Local Government (Elections)

Amendment Act, 1982".

Commencement.

2.      (1) This section and section 1 shall commence on the date of assent

to this Act.

(2) Except as provided by subsection (1), this Act shall commence on the day appointed and notified under section 2 (2) of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections (Amendment) Act, 1982.

Amendment of Act No. 41, 1919.

3. The Local Government Act, 1919, is amended by omitting section

50 (1) and by inserting instead the following subsection:—

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and unless disqualified by

this or any other Act, every person not under 18 years of age, whether

male or female—

(a) who is—

(i) an Australian citizen; or

(ii)   a British subject (other than an Australian citizen) who was, immediately before the day appointed and notified under section 2 (2) of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections (Amendment) Act. 1982. enrolled as an elector

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for the Legislative Assembly or enrolled in any other State or any Territory of the Commonwealth as an elector for the House of Representatives; and

(b) who has the requisite qualification.

shall be entitled to have his name placed on the list referred to in

Division 4.