STATUTORY RULES
1943. No. 176.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NORTHERN TERRITORY REPRESENTATION ACT 1922-1936 AND THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918-1940.†
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 Northern Territory Representation Act 1922-1936 and the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918–1940.
Dated this seventh day of July, 1943.
(Sgd.) GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd.) J. S. COLLINGS
Minister of State for the Interior.
AMENDMENT OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTORAL REGULATIONS *
Nominations
1. Regulation 55 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (2.) and (3.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—
“(2,) The place of nomination shall be the office of the Returning Officer and the hour of nomination shall be twelve o’clock noon on the day of nomination.
“(3.) A nomination may be lodged not less than twenty-four hours before the hour of nomination with an Assistant Returning Officer or any Postmaster in the Territory thereto authorized by the Returning Officer and in that case the Assistant Returning Officer or Postmaster shall forthwith telegraph the particulars of the nomination and the deposit to the Returning Officer. A nomination shall not be valid unless it, or the telegraphic particulars of it, reaches the Returning Officer before the hour of nomination.”.
Authorized witnesses
2. Regulation 96 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the word “Territory” (last occurring), the words “; all officers of His Majesty’s Naval, Military and Air Forces”.
† Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1943.
* Statutory Rules 1926, No. 200, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 108 and 119; 1929, No. 109; 1932, No. 21; 1934 No, 95; 1937, No. 94; and 1940, No. 167.