(1) There shall be a Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory.
(2) The Assembly is to consist of:
(a) such number of members as is provided by enactment (subject to subsection (3)); or
(b) until provision is made--17 members.
(3) An enactment providing for the number of members of the Assembly (or an enactment amending or repealing such an enactment) has no effect unless it is passed by a number of members at least equal to two - thirds of the number of members provided for, at that time, by or in accordance with subsection (2).
(4) Subsection (3) has effect despite anything else in this Act.