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New South Wales
ocal Government Amendment
(Election Date) Bill 2008
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Local Government Act 1993 No 30 2
4 Repeal of Act 2
Schedule 1 Amendments 3
I certify that this public bill, which originated in the Legislative Assembly, has
finally passed the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of New
South Wales.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2008
New South Wales
ocal Government Amendment
(Election Date) Bill 2008
Act No , 2008
An Act to amend the Local Government Act 1993 to change the date for the holding
of ordinary elections of councillors in and after 2008.
I have examined this bill and find it to correspond in all respects with the bill as
finally passed by both Houses.
Assistant Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Local Government Amendment (Election Date) Bill 2008
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Local Government Amendment (Election Date)
Act 2008.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
3 Amendment of Local Government Act 1993 No 30
The Local Government Act 1993 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
4 Repeal of Act
(1) This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act
commences.
(2) The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30
of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.
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Local Government Amendment (Election Date) Bill 2008
Amendments Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1] Section 287 When is an ordinary election of councillors held?
Omit section 287 (1). Insert instead:
(1) An ordinary election of the councillors for an area is to be held on
the second Saturday of September 2008 and on the second
Saturday of September in every fourth year after 2008.
[2] Schedule 8 Savings, transitional and other provisions consequent on
the enactment of other Acts
Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
Local Government Amendment (Election Date) Act 2008
[3] Schedule 8, Part 29
Insert after Part 28 of Schedule 8:
Part 29 Provisions consequent on enactment of
Local Government Amendment (Election
Date) Act 2008
91 Effective date of party registration for the purposes of September
2008 elections
(1) This clause applies in relation to the ordinary elections of
councillors to be held in 2008 and any other concurrent elections,
constitutional referendums or council polls to be held under this
Act.
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Local Government Amendment (Election Date) Bill 2008
Schedule 1 Amendments
(2) Section 66FA of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act
1912, as applied by section 320 of this Act, does not apply to a
political party that became registered under Part 7 of Chapter 10
on or before 27 August 2007.
Note. Section 66FA of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act
1912 (which applies to parties registered under that Act and is applied,
with modifications, to parties registered under the Local Government Act
1993) provides that the registration of a party does not become effective
until the first anniversary of its registration for the purposes of party
endorsement on ballot-papers, the nomination of candidates by a party,
and the registration of electoral material by a party.
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