AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LOTTERIES AND ART UNIONS ORDINANCE 1961

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 11 of 1961

	The administration of the Lotteries and Art Unions Ordinance 1926-1959 is being transferred from the Attorney-General’s Department to the Department of the Interior.  It is therefore necessary to amend the Lotteries and Art Unions Ordinance where reference is made to the Attorney-General’s Department.

	Section 2 of the proposed amendment repeals section 25 of the Lotteries and Art Unions Ordinance.  Section 25 provides for the consent, approval, authority, notice or discretion on matters relating to the running of lotteries or to the Ordinance generally to be given under the hand of the Secretary, Attorney-General’s Department.  As the Minister for the Interior, under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910-1955, has the authority to delegate all or any of powers or functions under any Ordinance this section will not be necessary when the administration is transferred.