1996--No. 19 STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT (No. 2) 1988 No. 92--PROCLAMATION
NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 12 of 29 January 1996]

(L.S.) P. R. SINCLAIR, Governor. I, Rear Admiral PETER ROSS SINCLAIR, A.C., Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 (3) of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1988, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 29 January 1996 as the day on which Schedule 19 to that Act commences. Signed and sealed at Sydney, this twenty-ninth day of January 1996. By His Excellency's Command, Andrew Refshauge Acting Premier. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
EXPLANATORY NOTE The object of this Proclamation is to commence provisions amending sections 4D and 9 of the Senators' Elections Act 1903 so as to make them consistent with sections 159 and 286 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 191 8. In particular, the proposed amendments will: (a) extend the time for return of the writ for a Senate election from 90 to 100 days after its issue (Schedule 19 (l)); and (b) remove existing time limits on the ability to extend the time for holding an election or returning the writ (Schedule 19 (2)). This Proclamation is made under section 2 (3) of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1988.