REPRESENTATION
ACT 1973
No.
40 of 1974
An Act to amend the RepresentationAct 1905-1964.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the
Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1. (1) This Act may be
cited as the Representation Act 1973.
(2) The Representation Act 1905-1964 is in this
Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3) The Principal Act, as amended
by this Act, may be cited as the Representation
Act 1905-1973.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
3. After section 1 of the Principal Act the following section is
inserted:—
Definition.
“1A. In this Act, ‘the
people of the Commonwealth’ does not include the people of any Territory”.
Gazettal
of certificate.
4. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting all the
words after the word “certificate” (second occurring) and substituting the
words “shall be laid before each House of the Parliament within thirty sitting
days of that House after the certificate is made ”.
Determination
of representation of the States.
5. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph
(a) the word “Senators” and substituting the words “the Senators for the
States”.
Power
to make regulations.
6. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection
(2) and substituting the following sub-section:—
“(2) Regulations made under this
Act shall be laid before each House of the Parliament within fifteen sitting
days of that House after the regulations are made”.
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