Referendum (Special Voting) Regulations 1916 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 261.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE MILITARY SERVICE REFERENDUM ACT 1916.

I, SIR JOHN MADDEN, acting as the Deputy of the Governor General, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Military Service Referendum Act 1916 to come into operation as from the eighteenth day of September, 1916,

Dated this eighteenth day of October. 1916,

JOHN MADDEN,

Deputy of the Governor General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. HIGGS,

for Minister of State for Home Affairs.

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Amendment or Referendum (Special Voting) Regulations 1916.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No, 239.)

Amendment of Regulation 2.

1. Regulation 2 of the Referendum (Special Voting) Regulations is amended by adding, at the end of the definition of “Authorized witness” the following words:—

“and, in the case of the Northern Territory, includes any person appointed as an authorized witness by the Commonwealth Returning Officer in or for that Territory;”.

Amendment of Regulations 3.

2. Regulation 3 of the Referendum (Special Voting) Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “service” in sub-regulation (1 ) thereof, the words “ (including members employed on a ship of war)”.

Amendment of Regulation 5.

3. Regulation 5 of the Referendum (Special Voting) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “serving beyoud Australia”, last occurring, and inserting in their stead the words” (here insert serving beyond Australia or employed on a ship of war)”.

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