REPRESENTATION.
No. 44 of 1949.
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An Act to amend the Representation Act 1948.
[Assented to 27th October, 1949.]
[Date of commencement, 24th November, 1949.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Representation Act 1949.
(2.) The Representation Act 1948, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Representation Act 1948–1949.
2. Section seven of the Representation Act 1948 is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—
Reckoning of parliamentary allowances to certain senators.
“7. The allowance payable under the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1920–1947 to a senator to whom sub-section (3.) or (4.) of section five of this Act applies shall be reckoned from and including the day of his election.”.