NT Representation Act 1888 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO PRIM0 ET QUINQUAGESIMO

SECIJNDO

A.D. 1888.

An Act to amend the Law relating to the Parliamentary

Representation of the Northern Territory.

[Reserved, Decern6er 8th, ~888.1

it Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Aus- Preamble.

tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council

and the House of Assembly of the said province, in this present

BE

Parliament assembled, as follows:

Territory Representation Act, 1888," and shall be incorporated, and, inooqoration. l, This Act may be cited for all purposes as '' The Northern short title and

save so far as inconsistent therewith, read as onc with "The Con-

stitution Act," and all Acts amending the same.

2, The words G The Northern Territory," used in this Act, shall Interpretation.

mean all that portion of the province lying to the north of the twenty-sixth parallel of south latitude, and between the one hundred and twenty-ninth and the one hundred and thirty-eighth degrees of east longitude, together with the bays and gulfs therein, and all and every the islands adjacent to the mainland, within such limits as aforesaid.

3. The Northern Territory is hereby constituted an electoral district, for the election of two members to serve in the House of ~ s s e m h l ~, and also an electoral division for the election of members

to serve in the Legislative Council.

4, Notwithstanding anything contained in " The Constitution Amendment of " The Constitution

Act," or any Act amending the same, from and after the first election

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of members for the Electoral District of the Northern Territory provided for by this Act, the House of Assembly shall consist of fifty-four Members, elected for twenty-seven Electoral Districts, of whom two shall be elected for the Elcctoral District of the Northern Territory.

Amendmentof "The 5, The First Schedule to The Constitution Act Further

Constitution Act	Fu*her Amendment Amendment Act, 1882," containing the names of the Electoral
A C ~, 1882:' Districts and Divisions for the election of Mem.bers for the Legis-

lative Council, is hereby amended by adding the words, '' and the Northern Territory " at the end of the definition of the Electoral Division of the Northern Electoral District for the election of Members for the Legislative Council.

Further amendment 6, The Second Schedule to '' The Constitution Act Further

Amend- Amendment Act, 1 882," containing the names and boundaries of

Of ~ c t " Further The

m e n t ~ c t,	1882."	electoral districts for the election of Members for the House of Assembly is hereby amended by striking out, in the definition of the Electoral District of Flinders, all the words including or refer- ring to the Northern Territory, and by adding at the end of the said Schedule the following words-bb No. 27. The Northern Terri-
tor y ."

Further amendment 7, The Fourth Schedule to " The Constitution Act Further

of L' The Constitution

Act Fl,*her Amend- Amendment Act, 1882" declaring the places of nomination for the

merit Act, 1882." Electoral Districts for the election of Members for the House of

,Qssembly, and polling-places for the Electoral Districts, and corres-

ponding electoral divisions, is hereby amended as follo~vs :-

l. Bv striking out the words " twenty-six " in the third line of the said Schedule, and by inserting " twenty-seven " in lieu thereof.

2. By adding at the end of the said Schedule, and under the head-

ings shown in the Schedule hereto, the words contained in

the said last-mentioned Schedule.

First election. 8,

The first election of Members for the Electoral District of the Northern Territory, to serve in the House of Assembly, shall take place at the time of the next general elections for the House of Assembly, and writs shall be issued accordingly.

I reserve this Act for the signification of the Queen's pleasure.

WM. C. F. ROBINSON, Governor.

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THE SCHEDULE.

Place of Nomina-

No.	District or Division.	tion and Chief	Other Voting-places.
Voting-place.

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The Northern Territory Palrnerston ( Yam Creek, Burrundie,

Pine Creek, The Kathe- rine, Borroloola, Mice

Springs,	Daly	River
Mines.

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Adelaide : By authority, H. F. LEMIZR, Government Printer, North-terrace.