Seat of Government Electoral Regulations 1928 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1929. No. 30.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1924-1928.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1924-1928 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated the twenty-first day of March, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine.

STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. L. A. ABBOTT

Minister of State for Home Affairs.

 

Amendments of Seat of Government Electoral Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1928, No. 116, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, No. 139.)

Regulation 3 of the Seat of Government Electoral Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the words “forty-two,” the words “forty-five,”.

Regulation 9 of the Seat of Government Electoral Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) After a Roll for one election has been prepared by the Chief Electoral Officer, the Roll for the next succeeding election may be prepared—

(a) by adding to the Roll prepared for the first-mentioned election the names and addresses of all persons who were owners or occupiers on the date of the advertisement of the notice given in pursuance of paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of section 6aa of the Act, and whose names are not already on that Roll; and

(b)by omitting from that Roll, after notice of objection pursuant to these Regulations has been given to the persons concerned, the names and addresses of all persons who were not owners or occupiers on that date.”

Regulation 27 of the Seat of Government Electoral Regulation is repealed and the following Regulation inserted in its stead:—

“27.—(1.) The writ for any election of a Third Commissioner may be in accordance with Form 3a in the Schedule, and shall be issued by the Governor-General directed to the Returning Officer.

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“(2.) The writ shall fix the dates for—

(a) the nominations;

(b) the polling; and

(c) the return of the writ.

“(3.) The date fixed for the nominations shall be not less than fourteen days nor more than twenty-eight days after the date of the advertisement of the date, time and place for the receipt of nominations,

“(4.) The date fixed for the polling shall be not less than twelve nor more than twenty-eight days after the date of nomination.

“(5).) The date fixed for the return of the writ shall be any day not later than seven days after the date fixed for the polling.”

Regulation 59 of the Seat of Government Electoral Regulation is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) the words “Home and Territories” and inserting in their stead the words “Home Affairs”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (c) the word “and” (last occurring); and

(c) by inserting after paragraph (c) the following sub-regulation:—

“(ca)by indorsements under his hand, certify on the writ the name of the candidate elected, and. return the writ to the Governor-General; and”.

The Schedule to the Seat of Government Electoral Regulations is amended by inserting after Form 3 the following form:—

“Form 3a. Regulation 27.

WRIT FOR THE ELECTION OF A THIRD COMMISSIONER.

Commonwealth of Australia.

His Majesty the King.

To Returning Officer for the purposes of the Seat of Government Electoral Regulations.

Greeting

We command you that you cause election to be made, according to law, of a Third Commissioner to serve as a member of Our Federal Capital Commission constituted under our Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1924-1928, and we appoint the following dates for the purposes of the said election:—

1. For the nomination, the  day of  , 19 .

2. For taking the poll of electors at the different Polling Places in the event of the election being contested,  the  day of , 19 .

3. For the return of the writ, on or before the  day of  , 19 .

Witness [here insert the Governor-General’s title)

at [here insert place] the

day of in the year of Our Lord, One thousand nine hundred

and

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Home Affairs.”

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.