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ELECTORAL ACT 1992 (NO. 71 OF 1992) - SECT 5
5. To facilitate the implementation of that electoral system, the Legislative Assembly wishes to enact legislation to establish the offices and procedures necessary to enable the Territory to be divided into electorates.
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory
therefore enacts as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Electoral Act 1992.
2. (1) Section 1 and this section commence on the day on which this Act is
notified in the Gazette .
(2) The remaining provisions commence on a day, or
respective days, fixed by the Chief Minister by notice in the Gazette .
(3)
If a provision referred to in subsection (2) has not commenced before the end
of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act is notified
in the Gazette , that provision, by force of this subsection, commences on the
first day after the end of that period.
3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
"augmented
Commission" in relation to a redistribution, means the augmented Commission
established by section 40 for the purposes of the redistribution;
“Electoral Commission” means the Australian Capital Territory
Electoral Commission established by section 5;
“Electoral
Commissioner” means the Electoral Commissioner appointed under
section 20;
“electorate” means an electorate, the name and
boundaries of which are specified in a determination in force under
section 29;
“Judge” means— (a)
a Judge of the Supreme Court;
(b)
a Judge of the Supreme Court of a State or another Territory; or
(c) a Judge of the Federal Court or
Family Court;
“redistribution” includes distribution.
4. This Act binds the Crown.
Division 1—Establishment, functions and powers
5. The Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission is established.
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