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Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Members of Local Government Bodies)
Bill 2002
First Reading
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2002
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Members
of Local Government Bodies) Bill 2002
No. , 2002
(Special Minister of State)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918,
and for related purposes
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act
1918, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Members of
Local Government Bodies) Act 2002.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as
set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in
a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1Amendment of
the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
1 At the end of section 327
Add:
(3) A law of a State or Territory
has no effect to the extent to which the law discriminates against a member of a
local government body on the ground that:
(a) the member has been, is, or is
to be, nominated; or
(b) the member has been, is, or is
to be, declared;
as a candidate in an election for the House of Representatives or the
Senate.
(4) In
subsection (3):
member of a local government body means a member of a local
governing body established by or under a law of a State or
Territory.
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