Northern Territory Electoral Districts Regulations
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STATUTORY RULES
1965 No.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1910-1962.*
WHEREAS by section 4c of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1962 it is provided, amongst other things, that for the purposes of the election of the members of the Legislative Council for the Territory referred to in paragraph (d) of sub-section (2.) of section 4 of that Act, the Northern Territory of Australia shall be distributed into eight Electoral Districts:
And whereas by section 4ca of that Act it is provided, amongst other things, that the boundaries of each Electoral District shall be as prescribed, after report to the Minister by a Distribution Committee appointed under section 4cc of that Act:
And whereas the Minister of State for Territories has, in pursuance of section 4cb of that Act, directed that a distribution of the Territory into Electoral Districts be made:
And whereas the Distribution Committee appointed under section 4cc of that Act has forwarded to the Minister of State for Territories a report in accordance with section 4ch of that Act:
Now therefore I, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1962.
Dated this second
day September, 1965.
HENRY ABEL SMITH
Administrator.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Signature of Minister of State for Territories
Minister of State for Territories.
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Northern Territory Electoral Districts Regulations
Citation.
- These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Territory Electoral Districts Regulations.
Repeal.
- The Northern Territory Electoral Districts Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1962, No. 95) are repealed.
Definitions.
- In these Regulations—
“North Australia Railway” means the railway between Darwin and Birdum;
“the town of Darwin” means the land in the Territory described in the Schedule to the Proclamation under the Crown Lands Ordinance 1931-1948 of the Territory published in the Gazette on the nineteenth day of January, One thousand nine hundred and fifty.
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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 9 September, 1965.