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office and the other member goes out of office.
(2) Where:
     (a) at the commencement of this Part, there are 4 or 5 members elected under paragraph 8 (1) (e) of the Principal Act;
     (b) all those members were elected at the same contested election; and
     (c) 3 members received more votes each than the other member or each of the other 2 members;
then, at that commencement, those 3 members continue, subject to the Principal Act, to hold office and the other member or members go out of office.
(3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2), where, at the commencement of this Part, the number of members elected under paragraph 8 (1) (b), (c)

or (e) of the Principal Act is higher than the number of members specified in that paragraph as amended by this Part, then, at that commencement, all the members elected under that paragraph go out of office.
(4) All the members, who immediately before the commencement of this Part, held office under paragraph 8 (1) (d) of the Principal Act continue, subject to the Principal Act, to hold office even though that paragraph as amended by this Part limits the number of members of that kind to 3.

Consequential amendments
6. The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

PART 3—AMENDMENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988

Principal Act
7. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 19882.

Notification of enactment
8. (1) Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended:
     (a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words after "shall" and substituting "publish in the Territory Gazette a notice of the proposed law having been passed and of the place or places where copies of the law can be purchased.";
     (b) by adding at the end the following subsections:
     "(3) At the time of publication of the notice under subsection (1) of the passing of a proposed law or as soon as practicable thereafter, copies of the law shall be made available for purchase at the place, or at each of the places, specified in the notice.
     "(4) Where, on the day of publication of the notice under subsection (1) of the passing of a proposed law, there are no copies of the law available for purchase at the place, or at one or more of the places, specified in the notice, the Chief Minister shall cause to be laid before the Assembly, within 15 sitting days of the Assembly after that day, a statement that copies of the law were not so available and the reason why they were not so available.
     "(5) Failure to comply with the requirements of subsection (3)