Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY REPRESENTATION (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) ACT 1974 No. 8 of 1974 - SECT 4

4. (1) For the purposes of the Australian Capital Territory Representation
(House of Representatives) Acts 1973, the areas having the boundaries
described in Part 1 and Part 2 respectively of the Schedule to this Act (being
the Electoral Divisions proposed, in accordance with section 10 of that Act,
by the Distribution Committee appointed on 18 December 1973) shall be the two
Electoral Divisions of the Territory as if they were Electoral Divisions duly
made in accordance with sub-section 6 (2) of that Act, approved by both Houses
of the Parliament and proclaimed by the Governor-General in accordance with
that Act before the commencement of this Act.

(2) As soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act, the
Governor-General shall, by Proclamation, declare the names of the Electoral
Divisions established by this Act.

(3) Nothing in this Act prevents the re-division of the Territory in
accordance with the Australian Capital Territory Representation (House of
Representatives) Acts 1973.

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