AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LIQUOR ORDINANCE 1965

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 17 of 1965

	Approval has been given for the removal of discriminatory provisions in Australian Capital Territory legislation relating to persons of aboriginal descent.

	The legislation which will be affected by this approval is the Aborigines Welfare Ordinance 1954, the Liquor Ordinance 1929‑1965 and the Fish Protection Regulations.

	It will be necessary to amend the Liquor Ordinance to remove the discriminatory provisions contained in paragraph (c) (iv) of sub-section (1.) of section 43.

	The opportunity has also been taken to amend the references in sections 33 and 38 of the Liquor Ordinance to the Building and Services Ordinance 1924‑1934 in view of the introduction of the Building Ordinance 1964.

J. D. ANTHONY