AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

National Memorials Ordinance 1953.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 2 of 1953

	The Canberra National Memorials Committee at present consists of the Prime Minister, the Minister for the Interior, the Leader of the Government in the Senate, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives, the Secretary, Department of the Interior, an officer appointed by the Minister for the Interior, and two members appointed by the Governor-General from amongst persons who are recognised as authorities on Australian history.

	The amending ordinance provides that instead of the two last mentioned members, there shall be on the Committee two residents of the Australian Capital Territory.