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REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 145

145. (1) The Acts specified in Schedule 2 are repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal effected by sub-section (1), the regulations
that were, immediately before the commencement of this Act, in force under the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the Referendum (Constitution Alteration)
Act 1906 shall, in so far as those regulations relate to referendums, continue
in force, to the extent to which they are consistent with this Act, as if-

   (a)  those regulations had been made under that first-mentioned Act and
        under this Act;

   (b)  a reference in those regulations to a State, in relation to a
        referendum, included a reference to the Australian Capital Territory
        and the Northern Territory;

   (c)  a reference in those regulations to the Australian Electoral Officer
        for a State, in relation to a referendum, included a reference to the
        Australian Electoral Officers for the Territories;

   (d)  a reference in those regulations to a Division, in relation to a
        referendum, included a reference to an Electoral Division of the
        Australian Capital Territory and to the Northern Territory; and

   (e)  a reference in those regulations to the Referendum (Constitution
        Alteration) Act 1906 or to a particular provision of that Act were a
        reference to this Act or to the corresponding provision (if any) of
        this Act, as the case may be.

(3) Nothing in sub-section (2) prevents the making of regulations under this
Act or under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and under this Act to repeal
or amend the regulations that are continued in force by that sub-section.

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