Northern Territory Electoral Regulations 1947 (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1960. No. 1.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NORTHERN TERRITORY REPRESENTATION ACT 1922-1959, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1910-1959 AND THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918-1953.*

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 1922-1959, the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1959 and the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1953.

Dated this 8th day of January, 1960.

W. J. SLIM

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

Minister of State for Territories and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for the Interior.

AMENDMENTS OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTORAL REGULATIONS.†

Definitions.

1. Regulation 4 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the definition of "District" and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“'District' means an Electoral District of the Northern Territory the boundaries of which are prescribed by the Northern Territory Electoral Districts Regulations;”; and

(b) by omitting from the definition of "Election" in that sub-regulation the words "(or members)".

Change of electors from one roll to another.

2. Regulation 12 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (1.); and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

"(3.) The transfer of the names of electors from one Roll to another under this regulation shall be notified in the Government Gazette of the Northern Territory and in a newspaper circulating in the localities concerned.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1960.

† Statutory Rules 1947, No. 148, as amended by Statutory Rules 1949, No. 61; 1956, No. 74; and 1957, Nos. 3 and 66.

10102/59.—Price 20/4.12.1959.

"(4.) If the Chief Electoral Officer considers that a notification under the last preceding sub-regulation is not effective as a notice to any particular elector whose enrolment has been so transferred, the Electoral Registrar for the District to which the elector's name has been transferred shall send notice of the transfer by post to the elector.".

Application of Electoral Act.

3. Regulation 53 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by omitting the words "(or members)".

Nomination of candidates.

4. Regulation 55 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words "(or members)" and all the words after the words "'Twenty-five pounds'".

Elections at which electors are entitled to vote.

5. Regulation 69 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by omitting the words "(or members)".

Electors entitled to vote by post.

6. Regulation 86 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (b) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

"(b) an elector whose name is enrolled on the electoral Roll for a District for which a polling place is prescribed—

(i)                 whose place of living as appearing on the electoral Roll is not within five miles of a polling place so prescribed;

(ii)                  who, throughout the hours of polling on polling day, will not be within the District or, if he will be within the District, will not be within five miles by the nearest practicable route of any polling booth open in the District; or

(iii)               who is seriously ill or infirm and by reason of the illness or infirmity will be precluded from attending at a polling booth to vote, or in the case of a woman, will, by reason of approaching maternity, be precluded from attending at a polling booth to vote,".

Officers to issue postal voting papers to electors enrolled for Districts for which no polling place is prescribed.

7. Regulation 87 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

"(1.) An elector of the Territory who is enrolled on the electoral Roll for a District—

(a) for which no polling place has been prescribed; or

(b) for which a polling place has been prescribed but whose place of living as appearing on the electoral Roll is not within five miles of a polling place prescribed for the District,

is not required to make an application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper."; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words "whose name appears on the Roll for a District for which no polling place has been prescribed" and inserting in their stead the words "to whom the last preceding sub-regulation applies".

Postal voting papers issued pursuant to applications.

8. Regulation 88 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words "paragraph (b) of regulation 86 of these Regulations" and inserting in their stead the words "regulation 86 of these Regulations, not being an elector who is not required to make an application under the last preceding regulation".

Sub-heading before regulation 120.

9. The sub-heading appearing before regulation 120 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by omitting the words "(or members)".

Scrutiny of votes in Legislative Council elections.

10. Regulation 120 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words "Where, in any District, one member of the Council is to be elected, the result of the election" and inserting in their stead the words "The result of an election of a member of the Legislative Council";

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (2.); and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words "or in paragraph (g) of the provisions set out in the last preceding sub-regulation,".

Application of Electoral Act.

11. Regulation 133 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

"(1.) Parts II., III., IV., V., VI., VII. and X., sections 71, 72, 72A, 72B, 77, 78, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 91A, 91B, 92 and 96, Part XIII. (other than section 128A), Part XV. (other than sections 143 and 144), sections 217, 218, 218A and 219 and the Schedule of the Commonwealth Electoral Act do not apply to an election.".

First Schedule.

12. The First Schedule to the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from Form 18 the words "(or Members)";

(b) by omitting from Form 20 the words "[or TWO MEMBERS, as the case requires]";

(c) by omitting from Form 23 the words "Batchelor or Stuart, who will not be absent from the District for which he is enrolled between the nominations and polling day" and inserting in their stead the words "Elsey or Stuart who will not be absent from the District for which he is enrolled between the nominations and the polling day, or an elector enrolled for any other District who will not be so absent from the District but whose place of living as appearing on the electoral Roll is not within five miles of the nearest polling place prescribed for that District";

(d) by omitting from Form 23 the words "(or Members)";

(e) by omitting from Form 26 the words "(or TWO MEMBERS, as the case requires)"; and

(f) by omitting from Form 36 the words "two Members of the Legislative Council for the Electoral District of Darwin, and one Member of the Legislative Council for each of the Electoral Districts of Batchelor, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs" and inserting in their stead the words "one Member of the Legislative Council for each of the Electoral Districts of Alice Springs, Arnhem, Barkly, Elsey, Fannie Bay, Larrakeyah, Port Darwin".

Second Schedule.

13. The Second Schedule to the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations is amended by omitting the item relating to section 94 in the table and inserting in its stead the following items:—

By Authority: A. J. ARTHUR, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.