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Title

Electoral Amendment (Territory Representation) Bill 2020

Database

Bills & Legislation

Long Title

A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 in relation to the representation of the Territories in the House of Representatives, and for related purposes

Date

02-12-2020 09:48 AM

Source

Senate

Parl No.

46

Bill Number

141/20

Bill Type

Government

Portfolio

Finance

Reps Bill Code

O

Status

Act

System Id

legislation/bills/s1280_first-senate/0000


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Electoral Amendment (Territory Representation) Bill 2020

2019-2020

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Electoral Amendment (Territory Representation) Bill 2020

 

No.      , 2020

 

(Finance)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 in relation to the representation of the Territories in the House of Representatives, and for related purposes

   

   

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                 3

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918                                                                          3

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 in relation to the representation of the Territories in the House of Representatives, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Electoral Amendment (Territory Representation) Act 2020 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this Act

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.

However, if the provisions do not commence within the period of 2 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the day after the end of that period.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation 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.