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64A Appointment of non-citizens to public office

(1)Despite any rule of law to the contrary, the fact that a person is a non-citizen does not, of itself, affect the person's eligibility for appointment to a public office or disqualify the person from appointment to a public office.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply if—
(a)the power to appoint a person is conferred by or under an Act or a subordinate instrument; and
(b)the contrary intention expressly appears in that Act or subordinate instrument.
(3)In this section— non-citizen includes a person who is not an Australian citizen or who is an alien as known at common law.