Northern Territory Electoral Districts Regulations
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STATUTORY RULES
1968 No.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1910-1968.*
WHEREAS by sub-section (1.) of section 4c of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1968 it is provided, amongst other things, that for the purposes of the election of the elected members of the Legislative Council for the Territory, the Northern Territory of Australia shall be distributed into as many Electoral Districts as there are members to be elected:
AND WHEREAS by section 10 of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act (No. 2) 1968 it is provided that in the application of sub-section (1.) of section 4c of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1968 to the general election of members of the Legislative Council of the Northern Territory of Australia next held after the Northern Territory (Administration) Act (No. 2) 1968 receives the Royal Assent the number of members to be elected shall be deemed to be eleven:
AND WHEREAS a general election of members of the Legislative Council of the Northern Territory of Australia has not yet been held since the Northern Territory (Administration) Act (No. 2) 1968 received the Royal Assent:
AND WHEREAS by section 4ca of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1968 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 the Interior has, in pursuance of section 4cb of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1968 directed that a distribution of the Territory into Electoral Districts be made:
AND WHEREAS the Distribution Committee appointed under section 4cc of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1968 has forwarded to the Minister of State for the Interior a report in accordance with section 4ch of that Act:
NOW THEREFORE 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 (Administration) Act 1910-1968.
Dated this fifth
day of September, 1968.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
SGD PETER NIXON
Minister of State for the Interior.
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NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTORAL DISTRICTS REGULATIONS
Citation.
- These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Territory Electoral Districts Regulations.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1968.