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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
Mechanically, these Regulations make the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918–1975 and the Electoral and Referendum Regulations operate for Senate elections in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, but only with the specific exceptions, substitutions and procedural adaptations listed in Schedules 1 and 2. They affect territory electors, candidates and electoral officials by setting who administers territory Senate polls (appointment of Territory Electoral Officers), how rolls, nominations, postal and absent voting, scrutiny and recounts are handled, and the communication and timing rules that must be followed.
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Statutory Rules
1975 No. 208
REGULATIONS UNDER THE SENATE (REPRESENTATION OF
TERRITORIES) ACT 1973.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Senate (Representation of Territories) Act 1973.
Dated this fourteenth day of November, 1975.
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
T. C. DRAKE-BROCKMAN
Minister of State for Administrative Services.
SENATE (REPRESENTATION OF TERRITORIES) REGULATIONS
Citation.
Application of the Commonwealth Electoral Act.
Application of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations.
(2) The provisions of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations in their application by virtue of sub-regulation (1) to and in relation to an election of a senator or senators for a Territory shall be read and construed as if those provisions were made for the purposes of the provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1975 as they apply to and in relation to that election.
(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, words and expressions used in the provisions of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations in their application to and in relation to an election of a senator or senators for a Territory have the same meanings respectively as those words and expressions have in the provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1975 in their application to and in relation to such an election.
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 14 November 1975.
SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 2
EXCEPTIONS, MODIFICATIONS AND ADAPTATIONS: COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT IN ITS APPLICATION TO AND IN RELATION TO ELECTIONS OF SENATORS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:490.3pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:27.85pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:486.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>Exceptions, modifications and adaptations</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.55pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>Section 5 </span><span style="width:107.61pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>Omit definition of “ Division ”, substitute the following definitions:—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:32.15pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:32.7pt; text-indent:-18.9pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>“ ‘ District ’ means an Electoral District of the Northern Territory of Australia the boundaries of which are prescribed by the Northern Territory Electoral Districts Regulations;</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:7.2pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-indent:13.35pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>‘ Division ’ means—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:40.1pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:58.35pt; text-indent:-15.3pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>(a) in relation to an election of a Senator or Senators for the Australian Capital Territory—an Electoral Division referred to in sub-section 6 (1) of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Australian Capital Territory Representation </span><span>(</span><span style="font-style:italic">House of Representative</span><span>)</span><span style="font-style:italic"> Acts</span><span> 1973; and</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:23.75pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:58.35pt; text-indent:-15.3pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>(b) in relation to an election of a Senator or Senators for the Northern Territory of Australia—the Northern Territory of Australia;”</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:16.3pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>Omit definition of “ Subdivision ”, substitute the following definitions:—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:15.6pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:32.7pt; text-indent:-18.9pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>“ ‘ Territory ’ has the same meaning as in the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Senate </span><span>(</span><span style="font-style:italic">Representation of Territories</span><span>)</span><span style="font-style:italic"> Act </span><span>1973;</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:23.5pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:34.5pt; text-indent:-15.75pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>‘ the Australian Capital Territory ’ has the same meaning as in the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Senate </span><span>(</span><span style="font-style:italic">Representation of Territories</span><span>)</span><span style="font-style:italic"> Act</span><span> 1973.”</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:8.15pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>Add at the end the following:—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:24.25pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:11.1pt; text-indent:9.45pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>“ (2) In relation to an election of a Senator or Senators for the Australian Capital Territory, unless the contrary intention appears—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:15.35pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:31.35pt; text-indent:-18pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>(a) a reference to a Subdivision shall be read as a reference to a Division; and</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:31.9pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:31.35pt; text-indent:-18pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>(b) a</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span>reference to a Divisional Returning Officer for a Division shall be read as</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span>a reference to the Returning Officer for the Division appointed under the Australian Capital Territory Representation Regulations.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:23.75pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:11.1pt; text-indent:9.45pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>“ (3) In relation to an election of a Senator or Senators for the Northern Territory of Australia, unless the contrary intention appears—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:15.85pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:31.35pt; text-indent:-18pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>(a) a reference to a Subdivision shall be read as a reference to a District; and</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:31.9pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:31.35pt; text-indent:-18pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>(b) a reference to a Divisional Returning Officer for a Division shall be read as a reference to the Returning Officer for the Northern Territory of Australia appointed under the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:23.5pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:11.1pt; text-indent:9.45pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>“ (4) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a Division, Subdivision or District for which an elector is enrolled shall be read as a reference to—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:55.9pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:31.35pt; text-indent:-18pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>(a) In the case of an elector of the Australian Capital Territory—the Division that corresponds to the Division for which the elector is enrolled for the purposes of an election of a Member or Members of the House of Representatives under and in accordance with the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Australian Capital Territory Representation </span><span>(</span><span style="font-style:italic">House of Representatives</span><span>)</span><span style="font-style:italic"> Acts</span><span> 1973; or</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:52.1pt"><td style="width:157.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:324.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:31.35pt; text-indent:-18pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span>(b) in the case of an elector of the Northern Territory of Australia—the District that corresponds to the District for which the elector is enrolled for the purposes of an election of a Member of the House of Representatives under and in accordance with the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Northern Territory Representation Act </span><span>1922—1968.”</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Schedule 1—continued
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