COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES) ACT 2003 NO. 144, 2003 

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES) ACT 2003 NO. 144, 2003 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.   Short title   
2.   Commencement   
3.   Schedule(s)   
SCHEDULE 1 - Amendment of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES) ACT 2003 NO. 144, 2003
- LONG TITLE

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Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Members of Local
Government Bodies) Act 2003

No. 144, 2003

An Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918,
and for related purposes
  
  

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES) ACT 2003 No. 144, 2003
- SECT 1   Short title 

 
        This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Members of
Local Government Bodies) Act 2003.

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES) ACT 2003 No. 144, 2003
- SECT 2   Commencement 

 
        This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES) ACT 2003 No. 144, 2003
- SECT 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        Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed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.

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES) ACT 2003 NO. 144, 2003
- SCHEDULE 1 - Amendment 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.

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES) ACT 2003 NO. 144, 2003
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Compilation Information

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Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Members of Local Government Bodies) Act
2003
No. 144, 2003
An Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, and for
related purposes
[Assented to 17 December 2003]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES) ACT 2003 NO. 144, 2003
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Note

[Minister's second reading speech made in--
House of Representatives on 12 December 2002
Senate on 28 November 2003]
(275/02)