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Electoral Act 1989 - Electoral (Elections of Representatives of the Nobles) Regulations 2010

TONGA

ELECTORAL (ELECTIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE NOBLES) REGULATIONS 2010

Arrangement of Regulations

Regulation

1 Short Title
2 Electoral Districts of Nobles

SCHEDULE

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS OF NOBLES

ELECTORAL (ELECTIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE NOBLES) REGULATIONS 2010

ELECTORAL ACT 1989

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 9B of the Electoral Act 1989, the Prime Minister with the consent of His Majesty in Council makes the following Regulations –

1 Short Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Electoral (Elections of Representatives of the Nobles) Regulations 2010.

2 Electoral Districts of Nobles

(1) A Noble shall only vote or stand for election as a representative in accordance with the Electoral Districts set out in the Schedule.

(2) Any person appointed by His Majesty as a Life Peer under clause 44 of the Constitution, and having the same rights and benefits of a Noble, may vote as a Noble for an Electoral District, but shall not stand as a candidate, and shall declare the Electoral District they will vote for to the Supervisor of Elections, and shall maintain it.

Made at Nuku'alofa on this 8th day of October 2010.

Prime Minister

SCHEDULE

(Regulation 2)

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS OF NOBLES