Northern Territory Electoral Regulations 1947 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1957. No. 66.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE NORTHERN TERRITORY REPRESENTATION ACT 1922-1949, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1910-1956 AND THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918-1953.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Northern Territory Representation Act 1922-1949, the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1956 and the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1953.

Dated this 1st day of November, 1957.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Interior and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Territories.

Amendment of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations. 

Other disqualified persons.

Regulation 22 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (a) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“([D1] a) he, being an aboriginal native of Australia—

(i) is not a ward as denned by the Welfare Ordinance 1953-1955 of the Territory; or

(ii) is or has been a member of the Defence Force;”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 7th November, 1957.

  Statutory Rules 1947, No. 148, as amended by Statutory Rules 1949, No. 61; 1956, No. 74; and 1957, No. 3.

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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