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Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1973

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

9 of 1973

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The Act lowers the minimum age to stand for election to the Northern Territory Legislative Council from 21 to 18, enabling 18–20‑year‑olds to be candidates. It also makes minor editorial fixes (numerals for numbers, removal of redundant phrases, a date formatting cleanup). The change is a small but symbolic democratic reform aligning candidacy age with broader civic‑age shifts.

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Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1973

No. 9 of 1973

AN ACT

To amend the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1972 so as to lower to Eighteen Years the Age Qualification for a Candidate for election as a member of the Legislative Council for the Northern Territory of Australia, and to make certain Formal Amendments of that Act.

[Assented to 16 March 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1973.

(2) The Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1972 is referred to in this Act as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1973.

Commencement.

This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

Qualifications for election.

Section 4k of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) the words “twenty-one years” and substituting the words “eighteen years”.

Formal amendments.

The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE Section 4

FORMAL AMENDMENTS

The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting any cardinal number that is expressed in words and substituting the corresponding number expressed in figures:—

Sections 3(1) (definition of “Acting Administrator”), 4ca(1), 4sa, 5, 6(1), 8, 17(3), 17a(b) and 21(2).

The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting the words “of this Act”, “to this Act” and “of this section” (wherever occurring):—

Sections 3(1) (definition of “Acting Administrator”), 3b(4), 3d (1), 4 (3), 4ca(1), 4ka(3)(a), 4pa (3), 4pb(3), 4sa, 4x(4), 4zc and 21(3)(d).

Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (9) the words “the second day of September, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three,” and substituting the words and figures “2nd September, 1953,”.

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1 Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1973

Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1973

No. 9 of 1973

AN ACT

[Assented to 16 March 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1973.

(2) The Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1972 is referred to in this Act as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1973.

Commencement.

This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

Qualifications for election.

Section 4k of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) the words “twenty-one years” and substituting the words “eighteen years”.

Formal amendments.

The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE Section 4

FORMAL AMENDMENTS

The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting any cardinal number that is expressed in words and substituting the corresponding number expressed in figures:—

Sections 3(1) (definition of “Acting Administrator”), 4ca(1), 4sa, 5, 6(1), 8, 17(3), 17a(b) and 21(2).

The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting the words “of this Act”, “to this Act” and “of this section” (wherever occurring):—

Sections 3(1) (definition of “Acting Administrator”), 3b(4), 3d (1), 4 (3), 4ca(1), 4ka(3)(a), 4pa (3), 4pb(3), 4sa, 4x(4), 4zc and 21(3)(d).

Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (9) the words “the second day of September, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three,” and substituting the words and figures “2nd September, 1953,”.