AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ADVISORY COUNCIL ORDINANCE 1962

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 13 of 1962

	Sections 5 and 6 of the Advisory Council Ordinance 1936-1961 provide that no person is qualified for election to the Advisory Council for the Australian Capital Territory, or for appointment to a casual vacancy in the Council, unless he has lived in the Territory for a continuous period of six months immediately preceding the date of election or appointment.

	The draft Advisory Council Ordinance 1962 provides that the residential qualification for election or appointment to the Advisory Council of a person who ordinarily resides in the Territory shall not be affected by temporary absence from the Territory.

GORDON FREETH