Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 150

150. (1) The Australian Electoral Office Act 1973 is repealed.

(2) For the purposes of the application of any law of the Commonwealth or of a
Territory, or any order or instrument under any such law, in relation to
anything done or to be done after the commencement of this section-

   (a)  a reference to the Australian Electoral Office shall be read as a
        reference to the Australian Electoral Commission established under the
        Principal Act as amended by this Act;

   (b)  a reference to the Chief Australian Electoral Officer or to the
        Chief Electoral Officer for the Commonwealth shall be read as a
        reference to the Electoral Commissioner appointed under the Principal
        Act as amended by this Act; and

   (c)  a reference to a Commonwealth Electoral Officer for a State or to an
        Australian Electoral Officer for a State shall be read as a reference
        to the Australian Electoral Officer for the State appointed under the
        Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(3) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a person was
employed in the Australian Electoral Office under section 82 of the Public
Service Act 1922, that employment shall continue in the Electoral Commission
on the same conditions (including conditions as to the non-continuation of
that employment after the expiration of a specified period or after the
completion of specified work) as were applicable to that employment in the
Australian Electoral Office.