64AAppointment of non-citizens to public office

64A Appointment of non-citizens to public office (1) Despite any rule of law to the contrary, the fact that a person is a non-citizen does not, of itself, affect the person's eligibility for appointment to a public office or disqualify the person from appointment to a public office. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if— (a) the power to appoint a person is conferred by or under an Act or a subordinate instrument; and (b) the contrary intention expressly appears in that Act or subordinate instrument. (3) In this section— ***non-citizen*** includes a person who is not an Australian citizen or who is an alien as known at common law. S. 64B inserted by No. 55/2025 s. 61.