Northern Territory Electoral Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1983 No. 1131

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Northern Territory Electoral Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of 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 and the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.

Dated 25 July 1983.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

KIM C. BEAZLEY

Special Minister of State

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The Northern Territory Electoral Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 131 the following regulation:

Collection of statistical information

"131A. Notwithstanding anything contained in regulation 118G, 118H, 118J, 130 or 131, all ballot-papers, postal vote certificates and voters' declarations used at an election may, at any time after the election can no longer be questioned, be dealt with as necessary for the purposes of collecting statistical information in relation to the election.".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 July 1983.

2. Statutory Rules 1947 No. 148 as amended by 1949 No. 61; 1956 No. 74; 1957 Nos. 3 and 66; 1960 No. 1; 1961 No. 132; 1962 Nos. 49 and 100; 1965 Nos. 15 and 132; 1966 Nos. 29 and 146; 1967 No. 17; 1969 No. 155; 1971 No. 80; 1973 No. 64; 1974 No. 165; 1977 No. 78; 1980 No. 240; 1981 Nos. 81, 82, 83 and 141.