The Constitution Amendment Act 1910 (SA)

GEORGII V REGIS.

A.D. 1910.

No. 1029.

An Act to further amend the Constitution.

[Assented to, December 7tk, rpro.] , , , , , ,

HEREAS by The Northern Territory Surrender Act, 1907,"

passed by the Parliament of the State of South Australia, provision is made for the surrender of the Northern Territory of the said State to the Commonwealth of Australia, in accordance with the agreement set out in the Schedule to the said Act: And where& a Bill for an Act to provide for the acceptance of the said Northern Territory as a territ,ory under the authority of the said Commonwealth and for carrying out the said agreement has been passed by both Houses of the Parliament of the said Commonwealth: ,4nd whereas by " The Constitution Amendment Act, 1908," passed by the Parliament of the said State, it is enacted (inter alia) that the House of Assembly of the Parliament of the said State shall consist of forty-two members, and that the said Northern Territory shall remain, as theretofore, an Electoral District, returning two members to the said House-Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the said State, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows:

ameilding those Acts or either of them. 3. Thie

1. This Act may be cited as The Constitution Amendment Short title.

Act, 1910."

2. This Act is incorporated and shall be read with "The Con- Incorporation with ,

stitution Act " and a The Electoral Code, 1908," and all Acts Act'.

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Commencement. 3, This Act shall come into force on a day, hereinafter referred

to as the commencement of this Act, to be fixed by the Governor by proclamation published in the Gover7ment Gazette. Such day shall not be earlier than the day of the coming into force of the said Act passed by the Houses of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.

House of Asaembly	4, From the commencement of this Act, section 6 of	The
to consist of forty

members. Constitution Amendment Act, 1908," shall be read as follows :-

The House of Assembly shall consist of forty members.

No*em

cease to be an to 6, The Constitution Amendment Act, 1908," is hereby further

and consequent	Electoral District, * amended as follows :-
amendments of Act r. I n section 6, by striking out the words including the
969 of 1908.

Northern Territory ";

11. In section 7, by striking out the words "excluding the Northern Territory thereof," and the words and the Northern Territory shall remain, as heretofore, one electoral

district, returning two members to the said House ";

m. I n the First Schedule, by striking out the words and

Northern Territory "; and

IV. In the Second Schedule, by striking out the line reading

" District Northern Territory... '2.. .Northern Territory,"

and by substituting " 40 " for " 42 " at the end of that

schedule.

Repeal of Northern	6, "The Northern Territory Representation Act, 18138," is
Territory Representa-

tion Act. hereby repealed.

Members of Assembly 7,

Immediately upon the commencement of this Act, the members District distinguished by the name '' District Northern Territory," shall cease to be members of the said House ; but neither this Act, nor the ceasing of the said Assembly District to be comprised in the Council District distinguished by the name " Northern Electoral District," by reason of the said surrender and acceptance of the said Northern Territory, shall affect the membership of the members of the Legislative Council returned for the said C,'ouncil District.

returned for

Northern Territory	of the House of Assembly who were returned for the Assembly
to vacate their seats.
Present membern for

Northern Territory 8, Notwithstanding anything in this Act or the Act No. 399 of

entitled to payment	1887 (being an Act to provide for the Payment of Members of
until ex iration of
present bdiament.	Parliament) or the Act No. 476 of 1890 (being an Act to continue the last mentioned Act), the said members of the House of Assembly returned for the said Assembly District shall be entitled to receive the same payment as they would be entitled to receive under the said Acts No. 399 of 188'7 and No. 476 of 1890 if they con- tinued to be members of the House of Assembly until the expira- tion of the present Parliament by effluxion of time or otherwise:

Provided

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Provided that if either or̂ such members-

(a) Becomes a member of either House of the Parliament of the

Commonwealth, or of this or any other State in the Com- monwealth, or

( b ) Accepts any office under the Crown or under the Government

of the Commonwealth or of this or any other State of the Commonwealth, entitling him to receive any profits or salary or other payment,

he shall cease to be entitled to payment under this section as from

the time of his becoming such member or accepting such office.

Q, Consequent upon the reduction of the number of members as Amenbent of eeo- Of

provided for in clause P hereof section 14 of The Constitution 1908. l4 Of *"

Amendment Act, 1908 " (which deals with the quorum of the House guomm0~ Ammbly,

of Assembly), is hereby amended by substituting the word fif-

teen " for the word twenty " before the word members."

In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

DAY H. BOSANQUET, Governor.

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Adelaide : By authority, B. E. E. Roo~ns, Government Printer, North Terme.