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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

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(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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