AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

AMENDMENTS TO CANBERRA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ORDINANCE 1961

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 21 of 1961

	Following a Resolution by the A.C.T. Advisory Council, the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Health have agree that it would be desirable to extend the term of office of the elected members of the Advisory Council and the Canberra Community Hospital Board from two years to three.

	These amendments to the Canberra Community Hospital Ordinance 1938‑1959 provide for this change to be brought into effect with regard to the elected members of the Hospital Board.  The amendments provide also that the period of office of the elected members of the Board shall commence on the 1st October following the declaration of the poll, instead of on the day of their election (this is in line with the existing procedure with regard to the elected members of the Advisory Council).

	Appropriate amendments are concurrently being made to the Advisory Council Ordinance 1936‑1959 providing for the extension of the term of office of the elected members of the Advisory Council.

	The practice of holding the elections for both bodies on the same day will accordingly be able to be continued.