AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY REPRESENTATION (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) ACT 1973
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY REPRESENTATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO. 182
Issued by the Authority of the Special Minister of State
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The Australian Capital Territory Representation Regulations make provision for Commonwealth electoral administration in the Australian Capital Territory.
The electoral enrolment claim card (Form 2), as prescribed in the First Schedule to the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations, has the appearances of being designed by bureaucrats for use by the bureaucracy with little attention being paid to the needs for potential electors to be able to complete it without difficulty.
The purpose of amending regulation 1 is to redefine in regulation 15 who are authorised witnesses for the purpose of witnessing claims for enrolment. The substance of the current definition is not altered.
The purpose of amending regulation 2 is to repeal the current Form 2 and substitute a new Form 2. The new Form has been designed with the needs of electors in mind, and overcomes the shortcomings of the earlier repealed Form. It is therefore proposed to amend the First Schedule by omitting the current Form 2 and substituting it with new Form 2.