AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ORDINANCE 1936-1974

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (ELECTION) REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 14 of 1974

	The proposed amendments of the Legislative Assembly (Election) Regulations will –

•	increase the deposit to be lodged by candidates nominating for a Legislative Assembly election from $10 to $20;

•	increase the number of nominators for each candidate from six to twenty;

•	increase the penalty for failure to vote to a minimum of $2 and a maximum of $10; and

•	make consequential amendments to the Forms in the Schedule to the regulations.