AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ORDINANCE (NO. 2) 1974
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
No. 28 of 1974

	The Legislative Assembly Ordinance 1974 amended the Advisory Council Ordinance 1936-1974 to change the name of the Advisory Council to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.  The number of members was increased from eight elected members and four appointed members to eighteen elected members.

	The Legislative Assembly Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 will amend the existing Ordinance to remove the right of a member to appoint a proxy to act for him during illness or absence from the Territory.

	Other amendments are of a consequential nature.

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