Parliamentary Electorates and Elections (Amendment) Act 1979 (NSW)

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS

(AMENDMENT) ACT, 1979, No. 152

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Act No. 152, 1979.

An Act to amend the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act, 1912, with respect to notices of enrolment of persons as electors. [Assented to, 10th December, 1979.]

Act No. 152, 1979.

Parliamentary Electorates and Elections {Amendment).

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 “Parliamentary Electorates

and Elections (Amendment) Act, 1979”.

Commence- 2.

(1) This Act, except section 3, shall commence on the date (2) Section 3 shall commence on the day appointed and notified under section 2 (2) of the Liquor (Amendment) Act, 1979.

ment. gf assent to this Act.

Amendment	3.	The Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act, 1912, is
of Act No.

41, 1912. amended—

Sec. 35.	(a) by omitting from section 35 (1) (b) (ii) the word
(Registra­

tion of	“notify” and by inserting instead the words “, except as
claim.)	otherwise provided by the regulations, notify”;

(b) by inserting after section 35 (1) the following subsection ;—

(1a ) The regulations under this Act may make provision for or with respect to the giving of notice by the Electoral Commissioner to an elector of his enrol­ ment and the signing of that notice and may impose a penalty not exceeding $200 for an offence against any such regulation.