(1) Subject to subsection (2), all persons who are, under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , qualified to vote at an election of a member of the House of Representatives for the Northern Territory, shall be qualified to vote at an election of members of the Legislative Assembly.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to persons who are qualified to vote at an election of a member of the House of Representatives for the Northern Territory by reason only of the amendments of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 made by the provisions of Part II of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Self - Determination (Consequential Amendments) Act 1984 or by the provisions of Part III of the Christmas Island Administration (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984 .