Commonwealth
Electoral Amendment Act 1980
No. 102 of 1980
An Act to amend
the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
in relation to electoral expenditure
[Assented to 6 June 1980]
BE
IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Act 1980.
(2)
The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is in
this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come
into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Heading
to Part XVI
3. The heading to Part XVI
of the Principal Act is omitted and the following heading is substituted:
“PART XVI—RETURNS
IN RELATION TO ELECTORAL MATTER IN NEWSPAPERS”.
Repeal
of sections 145 to 152
4. Sections 145 to 152
(inclusive) of the Principal Act are repealed.
Illegal
practices
5. Section 161 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (c).
Requisites
of petition
6. Section 185 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting “or (if the facts relied on in support of
the petition are breaches by a candidate of the provisions of Part XVI of this
Act) within forty days after the filing by the candidate of the return of his
electoral expenses;”.
Form
G in Schedule
7.