Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) (Modifications of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 3971

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Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) (Modifications of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) Act 1988.

Dated 5 December 1991.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

DAVID SIMMONS

Minister of State for the Arts, Tourism and Territories

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) (Modifications of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) Regulations.

Schedule 1 of the Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) Act 1988

2.Schedule 1 of the Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) Act 1988 is amended as set out in the Schedule.

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SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

AMENDMENT OF MODIFICATIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT

1. Section 4 (Interpretation)

1.1 Subsections 4 (5), (6), (7) and (8):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsections 4 (5), (5a), (6), (7) and (8):

Omit the subsections.”.

2. Section 128

2.1 Omit the modifications.

3. Section 136 (Deregistration of party failing to endorse candidates or ceasing to be Parliamentary party)

3.1 Subsection 136 (1):

Omit the modifications, substitute:

“Paragraph 136 (1) (a):

Before ‘election’, insert ‘general’.

Subparagraph 136 (1) (b) (ii):

Omit ‘500 members.’, substitute ‘100 members.’ ”.

3.2 Subsection 136 (3):

Omit the modification.

4. Section 165 (Multiple nominations prohibited)

4.1 Omit the modification, substitute:

“Section 165:

Omit the section, substitute:

Multiple nominations invalid

‘165. If, at the hour of nomination, there exist more than one nomination of a person for election under this Act, each of those nominations is invalid.’ ”.

5. Section 173 (Deposit to be forfeited in certain cases)

5.1 Omit paragraph (d) of the modification, substitute:

“(d) Omit ‘the Commonwealth’, substitute ‘the Territory’ ”.

6. Section 182 (Interpretation)

6.1 Insert:

“Section 182:

Omit the definition of ‘Register’, substitute:

“registered general postal voter”, in relation to a Division, means a person whose name is on the Register of General Postal Voters for the Division maintained under Part XV of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918:”.

7. Section 184 (Application for postal vote)

7.1 Subsections 184 (1) and (2):

Omit the modifications.

7.2 Paragraph 184 (2) (c):

Omit the modification.

7.3 Insert:

“Subsection 184 (4):

Omit all the words after ‘after the’, substitute:

‘commencement of the pre-election period for the election in relation to which a postal vote is sought.’ ”.

7.4 Subsection 184 (7):

Omit the modification.

8. Section 184a (Application for registration as a general postal voter)

8.1 Insert:

“Section 184a:

Omit the section.”.

9. Section 184b (Register of General Postal Voters)

9.1 Insert:

“Section 184b:

Omit the section.”.

10. Section 185 (Registration as a general postal voter)

10.1 Insert:

“Section 185:

Omit the section.”.

11. Section 185a (Limitation on effect of registration)

11.1 Insert:

“Section 185a:

(a) Omit ‘paragraph 184a (2) (e) or (f),’, substitute ‘paragraph 184a (2) (e) or (f) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918,’.

(b) After ‘section 185’, insert ‘of that Act’ ”

12. Section 185b (Review of Registers)

12.1 Insert:

“Section 185b:

Omit the section.”.

13. Section 185c (Cancellation of registration)

13.1 Insert:

“Section 185c:

Omit the section.”.

14. Section 186 (Dispatch of electoral materials to registered general postal voters)

14.1 Subsection 186 (1):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsection 186 (1):

Omit the subsection, substitute:

‘(1) As soon as practicable after:

(a) the public announcement of the proposed polling day for a general election other than an ordinary election; or

(b) the commencement of the pre-election period for an ordinary election;

the DRO for a Division that is in the Territory must send postal voting papers to each registered general postal voter for the Division.’ ”

14.2 Subsection 186 (2):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Paragraph 186 (2) (a):

(a) Omit ‘paragraph 184a (2) (e) or (f)—’, substitute ‘paragraph 184a (2) (e) or (f) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918—’.

(b) Omit all the words after ‘DRO’, substitute ‘and a postal ballot-paper; and’ ”.

 

15. Section 188 (Issue of certificate and ballot-papers)

15.1 Subsection 188 (1):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Paragraph 188 (1) (b):

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

‘(b) a postal ballot-paper.’ ”.

15.2 Subsection 188 (3):

Omit the modification.

16. Section 192 (Form of postal vote certificate)

16. Subsection 192 (1):

Omit the modification.

17. Section 194 (Postal voting)

17.1 Insert:

“Section 194:

Omit ‘paragraph 184a (2) (e) or (f),’, substitute ‘paragraph 184a (2) (e) or (f) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918,’ ”.

18. Section 200 (Mistakes)

18.1 Paragraph 200 (4) (a):

Omit the modification.

18.2 Subparagraph 200 (4) (d) (i):

Omit the modification.

18.3 Subsections 200 (5), (8), (9) and (10):

Omit the modifications.

19. Section 200d (Place and time of application)

19.1 Subsection 200d (4):

Insert:

“Subsection 200d (4):

Omit the subsection, substitute:

‘(4) An application cannot be made earlier than the second day after the day on which nominations for the election close.’ ”.

19.2 Subsection 200d (5):

Insert:

“Subsection 200d (5):

Omit the subsection.”.

 

19.3 Subsection 200d (6):

Insert:

“Subsection 200d (6):

Omit ‘poll in the State or Territory for which the elector is enrolled’, substitute ‘poll.’ ”.

20. Section 200e (Pre-poll voting)

20.1 Paragraph 200e(1) (b):

Insert:

“Paragraph 200e (1) (b):

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

‘(b) a ballot-paper’ ”.

21. Section 202a (Undertaking by officers and scrutineers)

21.1 Subsection 202a (2):

Insert:

“Subsection 202a (2):

Omit paragraphs (c), (m) and (n).”.

22. Section 209 (Ballot-papers)

22.1 Insert:

“Subsections 209 (6), (7) and (8):

Omit the subsections.”.

23. Section 210 (Printing of Senate ballot-papers)

23.1 Subsection 210 (2):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsections 210 (2) and (3):

Omit the subsections.”.

24. Section 213 (Determination of order of names]

24.1 Subparagraph 213 (1) (a) (v):

Omit the modification.

24.2 Subparagraph 213 (1) (a) (ix):

Omit the modification.

 

25. Section 224 (Mobile booths—hospitals that are polling places)

25.1 Insert:

“Paragraph 224 (2) (a):

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

‘(a) a patient in a hospital in the Territory is an elector of the Territory; and’ ”.

25.2 Paragraph 224 (2) (b):

Omit the modification.

26. Section 225 (Mobile booths—other hospitals)

26.1 Insert:

“Paragraph 225 (3) (b):

Omit the paragraph, substitute

‘(b) the patient is an elector of the Territory;’ ”.

26.2 Paragraph 225 (4) (b):

Omit the modification.

27. Section 226 (Provisions related to sections 224 and 225)

27.1 Insert:

“Paragraph 226 (7c)(b):

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

‘(b) take such steps as are reasonably practicable to inform all the candidates of the substituted day or time.’ ”.

28. Section 226a (Mobile booths—prisons)

28.1 Insert:

“Subsection 226a (1):

(a) Omit ‘for a State or Territory’, substitute ‘for the Territory’;

(b) omit ‘in the State or Territory.’, substitute ‘in the Territory.’ ”.

29. Section 235 (Provisional votes)

29.1 Subsection 235 (7):

Omit the modification.

29.2 Subparagraph 235 (7) (b) (ii):

Omit the modification.

29.3 Subsections 235 (8) and (10):

Omit the modifications.

30. Section 236

30.1 Subsection 236 (1):

Omit the modification.

31. Section 239 (Marking of votes in Senate election)

31.1 Subsection 239 (3):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsection 239 (3):

Omit ‘under subsection 211 (5) or 211a(6),’, substitute ‘opposite the name of a registered party, an independent candidate or a candidate in a list of candidates,’ ”.

32. Section 245 (Compulsory voting)

32.1 Subsection 245 (4):

Insert:

“Subsection 245 (4):

(a) Omit ‘the prescribed period’, substitute ‘3 months’;

(b) omit ‘the prescribed form,’, substitute ‘the approved form,’ ”.

32.2 After “Paragraph 245 (14) (c)”, insert:

“Section 245:

Add at the end:

‘(15) If, after an elector has been sent a notice under subsection (4), the form required by that subsection:

(a) has not been returned on or before the day specified in the notice; or

(b) has been returned on or before that day, but the form does not, in the opinion of the Divisional Returning Officer DRO, give sufficient reason why proceedings for failing to vote at the election should not be instituted against the elector;

the DRO must, after making the endorsement under subsection (8) or (10), as the case requires, send by post to the elector a notice in accordance with Form G.

‘(16) If, before the end of 28 days after an elector has been sent a notice under subsection (15), a penalty of $20 is paid to the Electoral Commissioner:

(a) any liability of the elector for an offence under paragraph (12) (a) or (b) in respect of the election to which the notice relates is taken to be discharged; and

(b) no further proceedings are to be taken in respect of the offence; and

(c) the elector is not to be taken to have been convicted of the offence.’ ”.

33. Section 249 (Antarctic electors)

33.1 Insert:

“Paragraph 249 (5) (b):

Omit ‘the Subdivision’, substitute ‘the Australian Capital Territory.’ ”.

33.2 Insert:

“Section 249:

Add at the end:

‘(7) An annotation made or deleted by a DRO under section 249 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 in relation to an elector of the Territory is taken to be an annotation or deletion, as the case may be, for the purposes of this section in relation to the elector.’ ”.

34. Section 255 (Questions to be put to voter at Antarctic station)

34.1 Subsection 255 (1):

Omit the modification.

34.2 Paragraph 255 (1) (b):

Omit the modification.

35. Section 259 (Proceedings by Antarctic Returning Officer on close of poll)

35.1 Paragraph 259 (b):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Paragraph 259 (b):

Omit ‘Electoral Officer designated by the Electoral Commissioner for the purposes of this paragraph:’, substitute ‘Capital Territory Electoral Officer:’ ”.

35.2 Subparagraph 259 (b) (i):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subparagraph 259 (b) (1):

(a) Omit ‘a State’, substitute ‘the Territory’;

(b) omit ‘the State’, substitute ‘the Territory’ ”.

36. Section 266 (Preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes)

36.1 Subparagraph 266 (2) (b) (ii):

Omit the modification.

36.2 Subsection 266 (3):

Omit the modification.

36.3 Paragraph 266 (4) (a):

Omit the modification.

36.4 Subparagraph 266 (4) (d) (i):

Omit the modification.

36.5 Subsection 266 (5):

Omit the modification.

36.6 Subsection 266 (10):

Omit the modification.

37. Section 273 (Scrutiny of votes in Senate elections)

37.1 Paragraph 273 (2) (a):

Omit the modification.

37.2 Subsection 273 (32):

Omit from the modification “the last vacancy is filled,”, substitute “a candidate has been elected to the last vacancy,”.

38. Section 279b (Conduct of recount)

38.1 Insert:

“Subsections 279b (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (12):

Omit ‘Australian Electoral’ (wherever occurring), insert ‘Australian Capital Territory Electoral’ ”.

39. Section 286 (Extension of time)

39.1 Omit paragraph (a) of the modifications, substitute:

“(a) Omit ‘the person causing the writ to be issued’, substitute ‘the Electoral Commissioner’ ”.

40. Section 287 (Interpretation)

40.1 Subsection 287 (1):

Omit the modifications, substitute:

“Subsection 287 (1):

(a) Omit paragraphs(a) to (f) inclusive of the definition of ‘disclosure period’, substitute:

‘(a) in the case of a political party—on the day after polling day in the last preceding election; or

(b) in the case of a candidate in the election who was a candidate in the last preceding election—on the day after polling day in that preceding election; or

 

(c) in the case of a candidate in the election who was not a candidate in the last preceding election—on the day on which:

(i) the person announced that he or she would be a candidate in the election; or

(ii) the person was endorsed by a registered political party; or

(iii) the person nominated as a candidate;

whichever occurred first; or

(d) in the case of a person to whom subsection 305 (1) applies —on the day after polling day in the last preceding election;’.

(b) Omit the definitions of ‘division’, ‘election’ and ‘election period’, substitute:

‘ “division’, in relation to a political party, includes a branch of the party;

“election” means an election of a member of the Assembly at a general election;

“election period”, in relation to an election, means the period commencing 36 days before polling day for the election and ending at the end of that day;’.

(c) Omit paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘gift’, substitute:

‘(b) an annual subscription paid to a political party or to a division of a political party by a person in respect of the person’s membership of the party or division;’.

(d) Omit the definition of “group.”

(e) Omit the definition of ‘registered’, substitute:

‘ “registered”, in relation to an election, means registered under section 13 of the Territory Electoral Act before the pre-election period for the election.’ ”.

40.2 Subsection 287 (3):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsection 287 (3):

(a) Omit ‘party, a State branch of a political’.

(b) Omit ‘party, branch’ (wherever occurring), substitute ‘party’.

40.3 Subsection 287 (4a):

Insert:

“Subsection 287 (4a):

Omit the subsection.”.

41. Section 287a (Campaign committee to be treated as part of State branch of party)

41.1 Subsection 287a(1):

Insert:

“Subsection 287a (1):

(a) Omit ‘or endorsed group’.

(b) Omit ‘relevant State branch of the’.

(c) Omit ‘candidate or members of the group’, substitute ‘candidate.’ ”.

41.2 Subsection 287a(2):

Insert:

“Subsection 287a (2):

(a) Definition of ‘campaign committee’:

(i) Omit ‘candidate or group,’, substitute ‘candidate,’.

(ii) Omit ‘or group’.

(b) Omit the definitions of ‘endorsed group’ and ‘relevant State branch’.

42. Section 288 (Agents of political parties)

42.1 Subsection 288 (3):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsection 288 (3):

Omit the subsection.”.

43. Section 289 (Appointment of agents by candidates and groups)

43.1 Subsection 289 (1):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsection 289 (1):

Omit ‘(including a member of a group of candidates)’ ”.

43.2 Subsection 289 (2a):

Insert:

“Subsection 289 (2a):

Omit the subsection.”.

44. Section 290 (Requisites for appointment)

44.1 Subparagraph 290 (1) (b) (i):

Omit paragraph (b) of the modification, substitute:

“(b) Omit ‘party or branch, as the case may be;’, substitute ‘party;’.

44.2 Subsection 290 (2):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsection 290 (2):

Omit ‘party, of a candidate or of a group’, substitute ‘party or of a candidate’.

44.3 Subsection 290 (3):

Insert:

“Subsection 290 (3):

Omit ‘party or a State branch of a political’

 

45. Section 291 (Register of party agents)

45.1 Omit the modifications.

46. Section 292 (Effect of registration)

46.1 Omit the modification, substitute:

“Paragraph 292 (2) (b):

Omit ‘or State branch’.

Subsection 292 (3):

Omit ‘or the State branch’

Subsection 292 (4):

Omit ‘or State branch’

47. Section 292b (Responsibility for action when agent of party or branch dead or appointment vacant)

47.1 Insert:

“Paragraph 292b (a):

Omit ‘party or of a State branch of the’.

Paragraph 292b (b):

Omit ‘party or branch, as the case may be;’, substitute ‘party;’.

Section 292b:

Omit ‘party or branch,’ (last occurring), substitute ‘party,’ ”.

48. Section 292c (Revocation of appointment of agent of candidate or group)

48.1 Insert:

“Subsection 292c (1):

(a) Omit ‘or the members of a group’.

(b) Omit ‘candidate or group, as the case may be.’, substitute ‘candidate.’.

Subsection 292c (2):

Omit ‘candidate or by each member of the group, as the case requires.’, substitute ‘candidate.’ ”.

49. Section 292d (Notice of death or resignation of agent of candidate or group)

49.1 Insert:

“Section 292d:

(a) Omit ‘or group’.

(b) Omit ‘or a member of the group’ ”.

 

50. Section 303 (Interpretation)

50.1 Subsection 303 (1):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsection 303 (1):

Omit the subsection.”.

50.2 Subsection 303 (4):

Omit paragraph (b) of the modification, substitute:

“(b) Omit ‘that State branch.’, substitute ‘that party.’ ”.

51. Section 304 (Disclosure of gifts)

51.1 Subsections 304 (1) and (1a):

Omit the modifications, substitute:

“Subsection 304 (1):

(a) Omit ‘and the agent of each State branch of a political party’.

(b) Omit ‘or branch, as the case requires,’ ”.

51.2 Paragraphs 304 (2) (a) and (b):

Omit the modifications.

51.3 Subsection 304 (3a):

Insert:

“Subsection 304 (3a):

Omit the subsection.”.

51.4 Paragraph 304 (5) (b):

Omit the modifications, substitute:

“Paragraph 304 (5) (b):

Omit ‘candidate (including a member of a group):’, substitute ‘candidate:’ ”.

51.5 Subparagraph 304 (5) (b) (i):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subparagraph 304 (5) (b) (i):

Omit ‘election or a by-election;’, substitute ‘election;’ ”.

51.6 Subparagraph 304 (5) (b) (ii):

Insert:

“Subparagraph 304 (5) (b) (ii):

Omit ‘$200; or’, substitute ‘$200.’ ”.

 

52. Section 305 (Expenditure incurred for political purposes)

52.1 Subsection 305 (1a):

Omit the modification.

52.2 Subparagraph 305 (3) (a) (iii):

Omit paragraphs (a) and (b) of the modifications, substitute:

“(a) Omit ‘State branch’, substitute ‘division’,

(b) Omit ‘branch’ (2nd occurring), substitute ‘division’ ”.

53. Section 306 (Certain gifts not to be received)

53.1 Subsection 306 (2):

Add at the end:

“(d) Omit ‘exceeds:’, substitute ‘exceeds $200.’ ”.

53.2 Paragraph 306 (2) (a):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Paragraph 306 (2) (a):

Omit the paragraph.”.

53.3 Subsection 306 (2d):

Insert:

“Subsection 306 (2d):

Omit the subsection.”

53.4 Paragraph 306 (5) (a):

Omit the modifications, substitute:

“Paragraph 306 (5) (a):

Omit ‘party or a State branch of a political’ ”.

53.5 Subparagraph 306 (5) (a) (i):

Insert:

“Subparagraph 306 (5) (a) (i):

(a) Omit ‘or branch, as the case may be’ (first occurring).

(b) Omit ‘party or branch, as the case may be;’, substitute ‘party;’ ”.

53.6 Subparagraph 306 (5) (a) (ii):

Insert:

“Subparagraph 306 (5) (a) (ii):

Omit ‘party or branch, as the case may be;’ substitute ‘party;’ ”.

53.7 Paragraph 306 (5) (b):

Omit paragraph (b) of the modifications, substitute:

“(b) Omit ‘candidate or of the group, as the case may be.’, substitute ‘candidate.’ ”.

 

54. Section 307 (Nil returns)

54.1 Subsection 307 (3):.

Omit the modifications, substitute:

“Subsection 307 (3):

Omit ‘party or a State branch of a registered political’ ”.

55. Section 309 (Returns of electoral expenditure)

55.1 Subsection 309 (1a):

Insert:

“Subsection 309 (1a):

Omit the subsection.”.

56. Section 311 (Returns by publishers)

56.1 Subsection 311 (3):

Insert:

“Subsection 311 (3):

Omit ‘and any other advertisement or advertisements relating to an election or elections that took place on the same day as the first-mentioned election’ ”.

57. Section 313 (Nil returns)

57.1 Subsection 313 (2):

Insert:

“Subsection 313 (2):

(a) Omit ‘party or a State branch of a registered political’.

(b) Omit ‘or branch’ (first occurring).

(c) Omit ‘party or branch.’, substitute ‘party.’ ”.

58. Section 317 (Records to be kept)

58.1 Insert:

“Section 317:

(a) After ‘first-mentioned person’ insert ‘must’.

(b) Omit ‘polling day in that election.’, substitute ‘day on which that person lodges the claim or return with the Electoral Commission.’ ”.

 

59. Section 320 (Inspection and supply of copies of claims and returns)

59.1 Subsection 320 (1):

Omit the modification.

59.2 Subsection 320 (2a):

Insert:

“Subsection 320 (2a):

Omit the subsection.”.

60. Section 321 (Indexation)

60.1 Omit the modification, substitute:

“Section 321:

Omit the section.”.

61. Section 328 (Printing and publication of electoral advertisements, notices etc)

61.1 Insert:

“Paragraph 328 (3) (b):

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

‘(b) a business, or other visiting, card that promotes the candidacy of a person in an election for the Assembly; or

(c) a letter or card that:

(i) bears the name and address (other than a post-office box or document exchange box) of the giver or sender; and

(ii) does not contain a representation, or purported representation, of a ballot-paper for use in an election for the Assembly.’.

Subsection 328 (4):

Omit the subsection.”.

62. Section 337 (Witnessing electoral papers)

62.1 Subsection 337 (2):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsection 337 (2):

Omit ‘form or in a form in Schedule 1.’, substitute ‘form.’ ”.

63. Section 348 (Control of behaviour at polling booths etc)

63.1 Omit the modification, substitute:

“Paragraph 348 (4) (b):

After ‘Australian’, insert ‘Capital Territory’ ”.

 

64. Section 357 (Petition by Electoral Commission)

64.1 Insert:

“Subsection 357 (1a):

Omit the subsection.”.

65. Section 360 (Powers of the Court)

65.1 Subsection 360 (4):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsection 360 (4):

Omit ‘Commonwealth’, substitute ‘Territory’ ”.

66. Section 363 (Court to report cases of illegal practices)

66.1 Omit paragraph (b) of the modifications, substitute:

“(b) omit ‘the Minister.’, substitute ‘a person authorised by the Assembly to receive documents under this Part.’ ”.

67. Section 367a (Disposal of petition where election cannot be decided)

67.1 Insert:

“Section 367a:

Omit the section.”.

68. Section 369 (Copies of petition and order of Court to be sent to House affected)

68.1 Omit the modification, substitute:

“Section 369:

Omit the section, substitute:

Copies of petition and order of Court to be sent to Assembly

‘369. The Registrar of the Supreme Court must send to a person who is authorised by the Assembly to receive documents under this Part:

(a) without delay after a petition is filed—a copy of the petition; and

(b) without delay after the trial of the petition—a copy of the order of the Court.’ ”.

69. Section 392 (Forms)

69.1 Subsection 392 (1):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsection 392 (1):

Omit ‘the forms in Schedule 1’, substitute ‘prescribed forms and forms approved by the Electoral Commission’ ”.

 

69.2 Subsections 392 (2), (3), (4) and (5):

Omit the modification, substitute:

“Subsections 392 (2), (2a), (3), (4) and (5):

Omit the subsections.”.

70. Section 393a (Preservation of documents)

70.1 Insert:

“Subsection 393a (2):

After ‘Australian’, insert ‘Capital Territory’ ”.

71. Schedule 1 (Forms)

71.1 Insert:

“Schedule 1:

Add at the end:

‘FORM G Subsection 245 (15)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) Act 1988

NOTICE TO ELECTOR WHO HAS APPARENTLY FAILED TO VOTE AT ELECTION

To (full name and address of elector)

You are notified:

* that the form returned by or for you in relation to your apparent failure to vote at the election held on Saturday does not, in my opinion, give sufficient reason why proceedings for failing to vote at the election should not be taken against you.

* that from my records it appears:

(a) that you failed to vote at the election held on Saturday ;and

(b) that you have not returned to me the form giving reason why proceedings for failing to vote at the election should not be taken against you.

You may dispose of the matter by:

(a) paying a penalty of $20 to the Electoral Commissioner at the Australian Electoral Commission, West Block, Canberra within 28 days after the date of this notice; or

(b) having the matter dealt with by the Magistrates Court, in which case a maximum penalty of $50 may be imposed and court costs borne by you.

Divisional Returning Officer

for the Division of

Dated 19 .

* Omit whichever is inapplicable.’ ”

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72. Schedule 2 (Grounds of application for postal vote or pre-poll vote)

72.1 Insert:

“Schedule 2, clauses 1, 2 and 3:

• Omit ‘State or Territory for which the elector is enrolled’

   (wherever occurring), substitute ‘Territory.’.

 

73. Schedule 3 (Rules for the conduct of a preliminary scrutiny of declaration of votes)

73.1 Insert:

“Schedule 3, clause 10:

Omit all the words from and including ‘If’ to and including ‘DRO’, substitute ‘The DRO’.

Schedule 3, subclause 10 (c):

Omit ‘State or Territory in which the Division is situated;’, substitute ‘Territory;’.

Schedule 3, subclause 10 (d):

Omit ‘State or Territory in which the Division is situated.’, substitute ‘Territory.’.

Schedule 3, clause 11:

Omit the clause.

Schedule 3, subclause 13 (b):

Omit ‘State or Territory that includes the Division’, substitute ‘Territory for the purposes of a general election of members of the House of Representatives’.

Schedule 3, clause 14:

After paragraph (a), insert:

‘(aa) a general election for the Assembly;’

Schedule 3, clause 15:

Omit ‘subparagraphs 10 (d) and 11 (c).’, substitute ‘subparagraph 10 (d).’

Schedule 3, clause 17:

(a) Omit ‘or 11’;

(b) omit ‘scrutiny’, substitute ‘scrutiny and place those ballot-papers in a ballot-box by themselves for further scrutiny.’.

Schedule 3, clauses 18, 19 and 20:

Omit the clauses.

Schedule 3, clause 22:

Omit the clause.”.

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Repeal of the Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) Regulations

3. Statutory Rules 1989 Nos. 2 and 186 are repealed.

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NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette