AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ORDINANCE 1936-1974

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (ELECTION) REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 20 of 1974

	The proposed amendment of the Legislative Assembly (Election) Regulations will increase the number of candidates for which a voter must indicate his preference on a ballot-paper for the ballot-paper to be formal from eight to nine.

	This amendment results from the increase of elected candidates in one electorate from eight to nine.