Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Act 1987 (Cth)
Section
1. Short title etc.
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Insertion of new sections:
4a. Extraterritorial operation of Act
4b. Act to bind Crown
4c. Registered officer of political party
5. Times at which redistributions are to commence
6. Redistribution Committee for State
7. Redistribution Committee to make proposed redistribution
8. Insertion of new section:
67a. Outline of proposed redistribution
9. Notice of proposed redistribution
10. Objections against proposed redistribution
11. Augmented Electoral Commission
12. Consideration of objections
13. Redistribution of State or Australian Capital Territory
14. Copies of certain documents to be forwarded to the Minister
15. Mini-redistribution
16. Compulsory enrolment and transfer
17. Registration of claims
18. Repeal of Part XII
19. Mode of nomination
20. Repeal of sections 168 and 169 and substitution of new sections:
168. Grouping of candidates
169. Notification of party endorsement
169a. Notification of independent candidacy
169b. Verification of party endorsement
169c. Combination of requests and nominations
TABLE
OF PROVISIONS—
Section
21. Requisites for nomination
22. Rejection of nominations and requests
23. Printing of Senate ballot-papers
24. Insertion of new section:
210a. Form of party name on ballot-papers
25. Group voting tickets
26. Insertion of new section:
211a. Individual voting tickets
27. Repeal of section 214 and substitution of new section:
214. Printing of political party names etc. on ballot-papers
28. Repeal of section 216 and substitution of new section:
216. Group voting tickets to be displayed
29. Repeal of section 228 and substitution of new section:
228. Forwarding of declaration votes
30. Voters to be recorded
31. Scrutiny of votes in Senate elections
32. Scrutiny of votes in House of Representatives elections
33. Extension of time
34. Interpretation
35. Expenditure incurred for political purposes
36. Repeal of section 312
37. Insertion of new section:
319a. Amendment of claims and returns
38. Public may obtain copies of claims and returns
39. Printing and publication of electoral advertisements, notices etc.
40. Heading to electoral advertisements
41. Authors of reports etc. to be identified
42. Insertion of new section in Part XXIII:
381a. Extension of time for acts by officers
43. Forms
44. Further amendments of Principal Act
SCHEDULE
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BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
(a) by inserting after the definition of “Controller-General of Prisons” in subsection (1) the following definition:
“ ‘declaration vote’ means:
(a) a postal vote;
(b) an absent vote; or
(c) a vote cast under section 192, 235, 236 or 237;”;
(b) by inserting after the definition of “Electoral Commissioner” in subsection (1) the following definition:
“ ‘electoral matter’ means matter which is intended or likely to affect voting in an election;”;
(c) by inserting after the definition of “Polling place” in subsection (1) the following definition:
“ ‘real place of living’ includes the place of living to which a person, when temporarily living elsewhere, has a fixed intention of returning for the purpose of continuing to live at that place;”;
(d) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of “Registered officer”; and
(e) by adding at the end the following subsections:
“(7) In relation to a Senate election, a provision of this Act that:
(a) provides for the giving of a document to; or
(b) confers a power or function on;
the Australian Electoral Officer shall be taken to refer to the Australian Electoral Officer for the State or Territory in which the election is to be conducted.
“(8) In relation to an election of a member of the House of Representatives for a Division, a provision of this Act that:
(a) provides for the giving of a document to; or
(b) confers a power or function on;
the Divisional Returning Officer shall be taken to refer to the Divisional Returning Officer for that Division.
“(9) Without limiting the generality of the definition of ‘electoral matter’ in subsection (1), matter shall be taken to be intended or likely to affect voting in an election if it contains an express or implicit reference to, or comment on:
(a) the election;
(b) the Government, the Opposition, a previous Government or a previous Opposition;
(c) the Government or Opposition, or a previous Government or Opposition, of a State or Territory;
(d) a member or former member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or a State or of the legislature of a Territory;
(e) a political party, a branch or division of a political party or a candidate or group of candidates in the election; or
(f) an issue submitted to, or otherwise before, the electors in connection with the election.”.
“4a. This Act extends to officers outside Australia.
“4b. This Act binds the Crown in right of the Commonwealth, of each of the States and of the Northern Territory, but nothing in this Act renders the Crown liable to be prosecuted for an offence.”.
“4c. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a reference in this Act to the registered officer of a registered political party is a reference to the person shown in the Register of Political Parties as the registered officer of the party.
“(2) A reference in Part XIV or XVI to the registered officer of a registered political party includes a reference to a person for the time being nominated by the registered officer of a party as a deputy registered officer of the party for the purposes of this Act.
“(3) A nomination under subsection (2):
(a) shall be in writing, signed by the registered officer and lodged with the Commission;
(b) shall specify the name and address of the person nominated and bear the signature of that person; and
(c) may be revoked at any time by the registered officer by written notice lodged with the Commission.”.
(a) by omitting from paragraph (2) (c) “forthwith” and substituting “within 30 days”;
(b) by omitting from subsection (4) “forthwith” (wherever occurring) and substituting “within 30 days”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (7) (b) “forthwith” and substituting “within 30 days”; and
(d) by omitting from subsection (9) “forthwith” (wherever occurring) and substituting “within 30 days”.
(a) by omitting paragraph (3) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(b) in any other case—an officer nominated for the purpose by the Governor-General, being a senior officer of the Australian Public Service from the State;”; and
(b) by omitting paragraph (4) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(b) in any other case—an officer nominated for the purpose by the Governor-General, being a senior officer of the Australian Public Service from the State;”.
(a) by omitting paragraph (3) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(a) shall, as far as practicable, endeavour to ensure that, if the State or Territory were redistributed in accordance with the proposed redistribution, the number of electors enrolled in each Electoral Division in the State or Territory would not, 3 years and 6 months after the State or Territory had been redistributed, be less than 98% or more than 102% of the average divisional enrolment of that State or Territory at that time; and”; and
(b) by omitting subparagraph (3) (b) (iii).
“67a. At any time before the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 68 (1) (c), a Redistribution Committee for a State or the Australian Capital Territory may, whether by issuing a statement to the media or otherwise, make publicly known the outline of its plan for the proposed redistribution of the State or Territory.”.
(a) by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(a) cause a map or maps showing the names and boundaries of each proposed Electoral Division in the State or Territory to be exhibited at each office of the Electoral Commission in the State or Territory;”;
(b) by omitting subparagraphs (1) (b) (i) and (ii) and substituting the following subparagraphs:
“(i) the suggestions and comments lodged under subsection 64 (1);
(ii) descriptions (whether by reference to a map or plan or otherwise) of the boundaries of each proposed Electoral Division;”;
(c) by omitting “and” from the end of paragraph (1) (b);
(d) by omitting paragraph (1) (c) and substituting the following paragraphs:
“(c) by notice published in the
Gazette ,invite public attention to the exhibition of the map or maps referred to in paragraph (a) and to the availability for perusal of copies of the suggestions and comments, descriptions and reasons referred to in paragraph (b); and(d) cause to be published in:
(i) 2 newspapers circulating throughout the State or Territory; and
(ii) such regional newspapers circulating in the region or regions affected by the proposed redistribution as the Redistribution Committee determines;
a notice in writing inviting public attention to the availability for perusal of copies of the comments and suggestions, descriptions and reasons referred to in paragraph (b), together with:
(iii) in the case of a notice published in a newspaper referred to in subparagraph (i), a map or maps showing the names and boundaries of each proposed Electoral Division in the State or Territory; and
(iv) in the case of a notice published in a regional newspaper, a map or maps showing the effects of the proposed redistribution in the region or regions in which that newspaper circulates.”:
(e) by omitting from subsection (2) “(c)” and substituting “(c) or (d)”; and
(f) by omitting from subsection (2) “14” (wherever occurring) and substituting “28”.
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words from and including “objections” and substituting “initial objections and any further objections”;
(b) by inserting in subsection (2) “initial objections and any further” before “objections”;
(c) by omitting from subsection (2) “6 weeks” and substituting “60 days”;
(d) by inserting in subsection (4) “initial” after “of;
(e) by inserting in subsection (6) “or comments” after “suggestions”;
(f) by omitting from subsection (6) “paragraph 64 (1) (a)” and substituting “subsection 64 (1)”;
(g) by inserting in subsections (5), (6), (7) and (8) “initial” after “into an”; and
(h) by adding at the end the following subsections:
“(10) As soon as is practicable after the augmented Electoral Commission has concluded its inquiries into initial objections, it shall:
(a) make a proposed redistribution of the State or Territory; and
(b) make a public announcement, in accordance with subsection (12), whether by the issuing of a statement to the media or by some other expeditious means.
“(11) Section 66 applies to the making of a proposed redistribution under subsection (10) as if a reference in that section to a Redistribution Committee were a reference to an augmented Electoral Commission.
“(12) The public announcement referred to in subsection (10) shall include:
(a) the substance of the findings or conclusions of the augmented Electoral Commission concerning the initial objections and concerning the Redistribution Committee proposal;
(b) the augmented Electoral Commission proposal;
(c) a statement whether, in the opinion of the augmented Electoral Commission, its proposal is significantly different from the Redistribution Committee proposal; and
(d) if, in the opinion of the augmented Electoral Commission, its proposal is significantly different from the Redistribution Committee proposal—a statement to the effect that:
(i) a person who, or an organisation that, was entitled to make submissions under subsection (6) may forthwith lodge with the Electoral Commission a written further objection; and
(ii) subject to subsection (3), the augmented Electoral Commission will hold an inquiry into a further objection.
“(13) If the public announcement made pursuant to subsection (10) includes a statement under paragraph (12) (d):
(a) a person who, or an organisation that, was entitled to make submissions under subsection (6) may, forthwith upon the making of the public announcement, lodge with the Electoral Commission a written further objection;
(b) subject to subsection (3), the augmented Electoral Commission shall hold an inquiry into a further objection; and
(c) subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) apply to an inquiry into a further objection as if the further objection were an initial objection.
“(14) In this section:
‘augmented Electoral Commission proposal’ means the redistribution proposed by the augmented Electoral Commission under subsection (10);
‘initial objection’ means an objection against the Redistribution Committee proposal lodged with the Electoral Commission under section 69;
‘further objection’ means an objection against the augmented Electoral Commission proposal lodged with the Electoral Commission under paragraph (13) (a);
‘Redistribution Committee proposal’ means the redistribution proposed by the Redistribution Committee under section 66.”.
(a) by omitting from subsection (2) all the words from and including “objections” and substituting “initial objections and any further objections.”;
(b) by omitting paragraph (4) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(a) shall, as far as practicable, endeavour to ensure that the number of electors enrolled in each Electoral Division in the State or Territory will not, 3 years and 6 months after the making of the determination, be less than 98% or more than 102% of the average divisional enrolment of that State or Territory at that time; and”;
(c) by omitting subparagraph (4) (b) (iii); and
(d) by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsections:
“(8) The augmented Electoral Commission may, when it makes a determination under subsection (1), make a public announcement as to:
(a) the substance of its findings or conclusions concerning the initial objections and any further objections; and
(b) its determination.
“(9) In this section:
‘initial objection’ has the same meaning as in section 72;
‘further objection’ has the same meaning as in section 72.”.
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) “forthwith” and substituting “as soon as practicable”;
(b) by inserting after paragraph (1) (e) the following paragraph:
“(ea) the written record (if any) of the proceedings at any inquiry held under subsection 72 (3);”; and
(c) by inserting in subsection (2) “, written record” after “objections”.
(a) by omitting from paragraph (9) (a) “the existing Subdivisions” and substituting “the Population Census Collection Districts in the pair of contiguous Divisions, or the parts of such Districts that are within those Divisions,”; and
(b) by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(17) In this section, ‘Population Census Collection District’ means an area designated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as a Population Census Collection District for the purposes of the taking of the Census.”.
(a) by inserting in subsection (2) “, subject to subsection 102 (2a),” after “its receipt by him and 1”; and
(b) by inserting in subsection (3) “, subject to subsection 102 (2a),” after “its receipt by him and”.
“(2a) This subsection applies during the period commencing on a public announcement that an election will be held or the issue of the writ or writs for the election, whichever is the earlier, and ending at 6 o’clock in the afternoon of the day on which the Rolls for the election close.
“(2b) At any time when subsection (2a) applies, a Divisional Returning Officer may, with the concurrence of the Australian Electoral Officer for the State, and in accordance with such directions (if any) as are given by the Electoral Commissioner, deal with a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment received by the Divisional Returning Officer or by another Divisional Returning Officer for a Division in the same State.
“(2c) Where a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment for a Division is dealt with by the Divisional Returning Officer for another Division, subsection (1) applies as if the Divisional Returning Officer werethe Divisional Returning Officer for the first-mentioned Division.
“(2d) At any time when subsection (2a) applies, the Australian Electoral Officer for a State may, in accordance with such directions (if any) as are given by the Electoral Commissioner, deal with a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment received by the Australian Electoral Officer, by any Divisional Returning Officer in that State or by an Australian Electoral Officer or Divisional Returning Officer in another State.
“(2e) Where a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment is dealt with by an Australian Electoral Officer, subsection (1) applies as if the Australian Electoral Officer were the Divisional Returning Officer for the Division for which the claim is made.”.
(a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
“(1) A nomination may be in Form C, CA, CB, CC, D or DA in the Schedule, as the case requires, and shall:
(a) set out the name, place of residence and occupation of the candidate or each candidate; and
(b) be signed by:
(i) not less than 6 persons entitled to vote at the election for which the candidate is, or the candidates are, nominated; or
(ii) by the registered officer of the registered political party by which the candidate has, or the candidates have, been endorsed for that election.”; and
(b) by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsections:
“(4) A nomination shall include a statement of the form in which the candidate’s name or candidates’ names, as the case may be, is or are to be printed on the ballot-papers for the election.
“(5) Where:
(a) persons to be nominated as candidates in a Senate election wish to have their names grouped in the ballot-papers; and
(b) those persons have been endorsed for that election by different registered political parties;
the nominations of the candidates may be combined in such manner as the Electoral Commission approves.”.
“168. (1) Two or more candidates for election to the Senate may make a joint request:
(a) that their names be grouped in the ballot-papers; or
(b) that their names be grouped in the ballot-papers in a specified order.
“(2) A request under subsection (1) shall be in writing, signed by the candidates, and shall be given to the Australian Electoral Officer with the nomination or nominations of the candidates.
“(3) A candidate’s name may not be included in more than one group.
“169. (1) The registered officer of a registered political party may request that the name, or the registered abbreviation of the name, of that party be printed on the ballot-papers for an election adjacent to the name of a candidate who has been endorsed by that party.
“(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a candidate in a Senate election unless:
(a) the request is accompanied by a request under section 168 by a group of candidates that includes the first-mentioned candidate; or
(b) the request is accompanied by a notice by the candidate under subsection 211a (5).
“(3) A request under subsection (1) shall be in writing, signed by the person making the request, and shall:
(a) in the case of a Senate election, be given to the Australian Electoral Officer before the close of nominations; and
(b) in the case of an election for a Member of the House of Representatives for a Division, be given to the Divisional Returning Officer with the nomination of the candidate or to the Australian Electoral Officer for the State or Territory in which the Division is situated before the close of nominations.
“(4) Where:
(a) a request has been made under subsection (1) in respect of candidates in a Senate election; and
(b) the candidates propose to have a group voting ticket registered for the purposes of that election;
the request may include a further request that the name of the registered political party that endorsed the candidates, or a composite name formed from the registered names of the registered political parties that endorsed the candidates, be printed on the ballot-papers adjacent to the square printed in relation to the group in accordance with subsection 211 (5).
“(5) In this section, ‘registered abbreviation’, in relation to the name of a registered political party, has the same meaning as in section 210a.
“169a. (1) A candidate in an election may request that the word ‘Independent’ be printed adjacent to the candidate’s name on the ballot-papers for use in that election.
“(2) A request under subsection (1) shall be in writing, signed by the candidate, and shall be given to the Australian Electoral Officer or the Divisional Returning Officer, as the case requires, with the nomination of the candidate.
“(3) A candidate may not make requests under both this section and section 168.
“169b. (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be taken to have been endorsed as a candidate in an election by a registered political party if:
(a) the candidate is nominated by the registered officer of the party;
(b) the name of the candidate is included in a statement, signed by the registered officer of the party, setting out the names of the candidates endorsed by the party in the election and lodged:
(i) in the case of a Senate election, with the Australian Electoral Officer; and
(ii) in the case of an election of a member of the House of Representatives for a Division, with the Australian Electoral Officer for the State or Territory in which that Division is situated;
before the close of nominations for the election; or
(c) the Electoral Commission is satisfied, after making such inquiries as it thinks appropriate of the registered officer of the party or otherwise, that the candidate is so endorsed.
“(2) Where a person has been endorsed as a candidate in an election by 2 or more registered political parties, the person shall, for the purposes of this Part and Part XVI, be taken to have been endorsed:
(a) if the person is nominated by the registered officer of one of the parties, by that party;
(b) where a request is made under section 169 in respect of the person by the registered officer of one of the parties, by that party; or
(c) by the party specified by the person in a written notice given to the Australian Electoral Officer or Divisional Returning Officer, as the case requires.
“169c. A request required by a provision of this Part or Part XVI to be given to the Australian Electoral Officer or a Divisional Returning Officer may:
(a) be written on the same paper as the nomination of the candidate to whom the request relates; and
(b) if 2 or more such requests are to be made by the same person, may be combined with the other requests.”.
“(ii) declares that:
(a) the person is qualified under the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth to be elected as a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives, as the case may be; and
(b) the person is not, and does not intend to be, a candidate in any other election to be held on the same day as the election to which the nomination relates;”.
“(3) A request under this Part is not ineffective because of any formal defect or error in the request if the requirements of this Act have been substantially complied with.”.
(a) by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(a) the names of candidates by whom requests have been made under section 168 shall be printed in groups on the ballot-papers in accordance with the requests and before the names of candidates who have not made such requests;”; and
(b) by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(2) Where a candidate in a Senate election has given notice of intention to lodge a statement under section 211 a, subsection (1) applies, and the Australian Electoral Officer shall make the determinations required by that subsection, as if the candidate were a group of candidates who had made a request under section 168.”.
“210a. (1) In this section, ‘registered abbreviation’, in relation to the name of a registered political party, means the abbreviation (if any) of the name of the party entered in the Register of Political Parties.
“(2) Subject to subsection (3), where a provision of this Part requires the name of a registered political party to be printed on ballot-papers for use in an election, the name to be so printed is the name of the party entered in the Register of Political Parties.
“(3) Where, under section 169, the registered officer of a registered political party has requested that the registered abbreviation of the name of that party be printed on the ballot-papers for an election adjacent to the name of a candidate, a provision referred to in subsection (2) applies as if a reference to the name of a registered political party were a reference to the registered abbreviation of that name.
“(4) The names of registered political parties, or abbreviations of such names, printed adjacent to the names of candidates on ballot-papers for use in an election shall be printed in capital letters in type that is uniform in size and style for all the names of those parties or abbreviations of those names.
“(5) The names of registered political parties, or abbreviations of such names, printed adjacent to squares printed, in accordance with subsection 211 (5), on ballot-papers for use in an election shall be printed in capital letters in type that is uniform in size and style for all names and abbreviations so printed.”.
(a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
“(1) Where the names of candidates nominated in a Senate election are included in a group in accordance with a request under section 168, the candidates may, after the determinations in relation to the election required by section 210 have been made and before the expiration of 24 hours after the closing of nominations for the election, lodge with the Australian Electoral Officer a written statement that they wish voters in the election to indicate their preferences in relation to all the candidates in the election in an
order specified in the statement, being an order that gives preferences to the candidates lodging the statement before any other candidate.”;
(b) by omitting from subsection (2) “statement, in writing signed by each of them, stating” and substituting “written statement”; and
(c) by adding at the end the following subsections:
“(6) A statement under subsection (1) or (2) may be signed:
(a) where all the members of the group have been endorsed by the same registered political party, by the registered officer of the party;
(b) where the members of the group have been endorsed by different registered political parties, by the registered officers of all those parties;
(c) in a case to which neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) applies, by the candidate whose name first appears in the group on the ballot-paper; or
(d) in any case, by a person authorised by all the members of the group, by written instrument given to the Australian Electoral Officer with the nomination or nominations of members of the group, to sign such a statement on behalf of the group.
“(7) A group that lodges a statement under subsection (2) shall indicate in the statement the order in which the voting tickets of the group are to be displayed in the poster prepared for the purposes of subsection 216 (1).”.
“211a. (1) Where:
(a) a candidate in a Senate election is:
(i) a Senator; or
(ii) in the case of an election following a dissolution of the Senate, a person who was, immediately before the dissolution, a Senator; and
(b) the candidate has not joined in a request under section 168 in relation to the election;
the candidate may lodge with the Australian Electoral Officer a written statement that the candidate wishes voters in the election to indicate their preferences in relation to all the candidates in the election in an order specified in the statement, being an order that gives preference to the candidate lodging the statement before any other candidate.
“(2) A candidate who is entitled to lodge a statement under subsection (1) may, instead of lodging that statement, lodge a written statement that the candidate wishes voters in the election to indicate their preferences in
relation to all the candidates in the election in either of 2 orders, or any of 3 orders, specified in the statement, being orders that give preference to the candidate lodging the statement before any other candidate.
“(3) A statement under subsection (1) or (2) shall:
(a) be signed by the candidate; and
(b) be lodged with the Australian Electoral Officer for the State or Territory in which the election to which the statement relates is to be held.
“(4) A statement under subsection (1) or (2) shall be lodged after the determinations in relation to the election required by section 210 have been made and before the expiration of 24 hours after the closing of nominations for the election.
“(5) A candidate is not entitled to lodge a statement under subsection (1) or (2) unless there was lodged with the nomination of the candidate written notice by the candidate that the candidate proposed to lodge a statement under this section.
“(6) Where a candidate in a Senate election has lodged a statement under subsection (1) or (2), a square shall be printed on the ballot-papers for use in the election above the name of the candidate.
“(7) Where:
(a) a candidate has lodged a statement under subsection (1) or (2); and
(b) subsection 214 (1) requires that the name of a registered political party be printed adjacent to the name of the candidate on the ballot-papers;
the name of that party shall also be printed on the ballot-papers adjacent to the square printed on the ballot-papers in relation to that candidate in accordance with subsection (6).
“(8) Where:
(a) a candidate has lodged a statement under subsection (1) or (2); and
(b) subsection 214 (3) requires that the word “Independent” be printed adjacent to the name of the candidate on ballot-papers;
the word “Independent” shall also be printed on the ballot-papers adjacent to the square printed on the ballot-papers in accordance with subsection (6).
“(9) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) or (2), a statement for the purposes of either of those subsections may specify an order of preferences by setting out the names of all the candidates in the election in the groups, and in the order, in which they would be set out in a ballot-paper with squares opposite to each name and with a number in each square showing that order of preferences.
“(10) Where a candidate has lodged a statement under subsection (1) or (2), section 216 applies as if the candidate were a group that had a group voting ticket, or 2 or 3 group voting tickets, as the case requires, registered for the purposes of the election, being the order of preferences, or the orders of preferences, given in that statement, as the case may be, and as if the statement had been lodged under section 211.
“(11) A candidate who lodges a statement under subsection (2) shall indicate in the statement the order in which the voting tickets of the candidate are to be displayed in the poster prepared for the purposes of subsection 216 (1).”.
“214. (1) Where a person:
(a) has been endorsed as a candidate in an election by a registered political party; and
(b) a request has been made in respect of the candidate under section 169;
the name of that party shall be printed adjacent to the name of the candidate on ballot-papers for use in the election.
“(2) Where:
(a) 2 or more persons have been endorsed as candidates in a Senate election by a registered political party; and
(b) a request has been made in respect of the candidates under section 168;
the following requirements shall be observed in the printing of the ballot-papers for use in the election:
(c) the registered name of the party by which each candidate was endorsed shall be printed adjacent to the name of that candidate on the ballot-papers;
(d) where all the candidates were endorsed by the same party and a square is printed, in accordance with subsection 211 (5), on the ballot-papers in relation to the candidates, the registered name of that party shall be printed on the ballot-papers adjacent to that square;
(e) where the request under section 169 included a request that a composite name be printed adjacent to the square printed, in accordance with subsection 211 (5), on the ballot-papers in relation to the candidates, that composite name shall be printed on the ballot-papers adjacent to that square.
“(3) Where a candidate in an election has made a request under section 169a, the word ‘Independent’ shall be printed adjacent to the name of the candidate on the ballot-papers.”.
“216. (1) Where a group voting ticket is, or group voting tickets are, registered for the purposes of a Senate election, the Australian Electoral Officer shall cause a poster showing the ticket, or all the tickets, to be prominently displayed at each polling booth.
“(2) A poster for the purpose of subsection (1) shall be so prepared that:
(a) voting tickets are displayed in vertical columns;
(b) the tickets are displayed in the columns in the same order from the top of each column as the order on the ballot-papers of the groups by which the tickets were lodged; and
(c) tickets lodged by the same group are displayed in the same column.
“(3) Where a group has more than one group voting ticket, the tickets relating to that group shall be displayed in the order indicated in the statement lodged by the group under subsection 211 (2).”.
“228. (1) A presiding officer at a polling place shall forward to the Assistant Returning Officer designated for the purposes of this subsection by the Divisional Returning Officer any ballot-boxes containing envelopes bearing declarations made by persons who have cast declaration votes and which purport to contain the ballot-papers of such voters.
“(2) An Assistant Returning Officer to whom a ballot-box is forwarded under subsection (1) or subsection 225 (8) or 227 (10) shall:
(a) compare the particulars of the envelopes with the particulars appearing in the presiding officer’s record made under subsection 232 (2) or in any other records forwarded by the presiding officer, note the number of envelopes and report any discrepancy to the Divisional Returning Officer;
(b) place in a parcel all the envelopes contained in such ballot-boxes, endorse on the parcel the number of envelopes contained in the parcel, seal up the parcel and forthwith deliver it, or cause it to be delivered, to the Divisional Returning Officer; and
(c) forward to the Divisional Returning Officer advice in writing of the total number of envelopes bearing declarations enclosed in the parcel delivered or to be delivered to the Divisional Returning Officer.
“(3) Each Divisional Returning Officer shall:
(a) maintain a record of the particulars of the advices, and of the number of envelopes bearing declarations, received from each Assistant Returning Officer;
(b) until they are dealt with under other provisions of this Act, keep the envelopes received from Assistant Returning Officers in one or more securely fastened ballot-boxes; and
(c) compare the record referred to in paragraph (a) with the envelopes received and note any discrepancy.
“(4) A Divisional Returning Officer shall:
(a) place in a parcel all the envelopes bearing declarations and relating to a particular Division, endorse on the parcel the number of the envelopes, seal up the parcel and forthwith deliver it, or cause it to be delivered, to the Divisional Returning Officer for that Division or, with the approval of the Australian Electoral Officer for the State or Territory that includes that Division, to another person to be dealt with in accordance with subsection (5); and
(b) forward to the last-mentioned Divisional Returning Officer advice in writing of the total number of envelopes bearing declarations enclosed in the parcel delivered or to be delivered to that Divisional Returning Officer.
“(5) Each Divisional Returning Officer shall:
(a) maintain a record of the particulars of the advices, and of the number of envelopes bearing declarations, received from other Divisional Returning Officers;
(b) maintain a locked and sealed ballot-box labelled so as to identify it as a declaration vote ballot-box; and
(c) keep in that ballot-box, until the scrutiny, all envelopes bearing a declaration and purporting to contain a ballot-paper recording a declaration vote in relation to his or her Division, being, in the case of envelopes purporting to contain postal ballot-papers, envelopes:
(i) delivered to the Divisional Returning Officer before the end of the period of 13 days after the close of the poll; or
(ii) received from another Divisional Returning Officer or from a person referred to in subsection (7) or (8) where the envelope bearing the certificate bears evidence that it was received by that Divisional Returning Officer, by a person appointed under section 183, by an Assistant Returning Officer at a place outside Australia or by a presiding officer prior to the close of the poll.
“(6) Before placing in the ballot-box maintained under subsection (5) an envelope purporting to contain a postal ballot-paper and delivered to a Divisional Returning Officer which is received after the close of the poll and which does not bear evidence sufficient to satisfy the Divisional Returning Officer that the vote contained in the envelope was recorded before the
close of the poll, the Divisional Returning Officer shall endorse on the envelope the date of its receipt and shall initial the endorsement.
“(7) Where declaration vote ballot-papers or envelopes bearing declarations relating to a particular Division are, with the approval of the Australian Electoral Officer for the State or Territory that includes that Division, delivered to a person other than the Divisional Returning Officer for that Division, that person shall, as soon as practicable, deliver them, or cause them to be delivered, to that Divisional Returning Officer.
“(8) An Assistant Returning Officer at a place outside Australia shall forward envelopes containing postal ballot-papers to such person as is specified in a written direction given to that Assistant Returning Officer by the Electoral Commissioner.
“(9) Where envelopes relating to a particular Division are forwarded under subsection (8) to a person other than the Divisional Returning Officer for that Division, that person shall, as soon as practicable, deliver them, or cause them to be delivered, to that Divisional Returning Officer.”.
(a) by omitting subsection (7) and substituting the following subsection:
“(7) Where, for the purposes of the succeeding provisions of this section:
(a) the number of ballot-papers or votes in any category is required to be ascertained;
(b) a quota, a transfer value or the order of standing of continuing candidates in a poll is required to be determined; or
(c) a candidate is required to be identified;
the Australian Electoral Officer for the State shall ascertain the number, determine the quota, transfer value or order, or identify the candidate, as the case may be.”;
(b) by omitting subsection (13) and substituting the following subsections:
“(13) Where, after the counting of first preference votes or the transfer of surplus votes (if any) of elected candidates, no candidate has, or fewer than the number of candidates required to be elected have, received a number of votes equal to the quota, the candidate who stands lowest in the poll shall be excluded or, if a bulk exclusion can be effected in accordance with subsection (13a), the candidates who may be excluded in accordance with that subsection shall be excluded, and:
(a) the total number of ballot-papers expressing a first preference vote for an excluded candidate and the next available preference for a particular continuing candidate shall be transferred, each ballot-paper at a transfer value of 1 vote, to the continuing candidate and added to the number of votes of the continuing candidate;
(b) the total number (if any) of other ballot-papers obtained by an excluded candidate or candidates, as the case may be, shall be transferred beginning with the ballot-papers received by that candidate or those candidates at the highest transfer value and ending with the ballot-papers received at the lowest transfer value, as follows:
(i) the total number of ballot-papers received by the excluded candidate or candidates, as the case may be, at a particular transfer value and expressing the next available preference for a particular continuing candidate shall be multiplied by that transfer value;
(ii) the number so obtained (disregarding any fraction) shall be added to the number of votes of the continuing candidate;
(iii) all those ballot-papers shall be transferred to the continuing candidate.
“(13a) The procedure for a bulk exclusion, and the circumstances in which such an exclusion may be made, are as follows:
(a) a continuing candidate (in this subsection called ‘Candidate A’) shall be identified, if possible, who, of the continuing candidates who each have a number of notional votes equal to or greater than the vacancy shortfall, stands lower or lowest in the poll;
(b) a continuing candidate (in this subsection called ‘Candidate B’) shall be identified, if possible, who:
(i) stands lower in the poll than Candidate A, or if Candidate A cannot be identified, has a number of notional votes that is fewer than the vacancy shortfall;
(ii) has a number of notional votes that is fewer than the number of votes of the candidate standing immediately higher than him or her in the poll; and
(iii) if 2 or more candidates satisfy subparagraphs (i) and (ii)—is the candidate who of those candidates stands higher or highest in the poll;
(c) in a case where Candidate B has been identified and has a number of notional votes fewer than the leading shortfall—Candidate B and any other continuing candidates who stand lower in the poll than that candidate may be excluded in a bulk exclusion; and
(d) in a case where Candidate B has been identified and has a number of notional votes equal to or greater than the leading shortfall:
(i) a continuing candidate (in this subsection called ‘Candidate C) shall be identified who:
(a) has a number of notional votes that is fewer than the leading shortfall; and
(b) if 2 or more candidates satisfy sub-subparagraph (a)—is the candidate who of those candidates stands higher or highest in the poll; and
(ii) Candidate C and all other continuing candidates who stand lower in the poll than that candidate may be excluded in a bulk exclusion.
“(13b) Where, apart from this subsection, the number of continuing candidates after a bulk exclusion under subsection (13a) would be fewer than the number of remaining unfilled vacancies, subsection (13a) shall operate to exclude only the number of candidates, beginning with the candidate who stands lowest in the poll, that would leave sufficient continuing candidates to fill the remaining unfilled vacancies.
“(13c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section (other than subsection (18)), where a candidate or candidates has or have been elected and there are surplus votes as a result of that election, paragraphs (13a) (a), (b), (c) and (d) may be applied as if references in those paragraphs to notional votes were references to adjusted notional votes.”;
(d) by omitting from subsection (14) “votes of an excluded candidate” and substituting “ballot-papers of an excluded candidate or candidates, as the case may be,”;
(e) by omitting from subsection (14) “votes of the excluded candidate” (wherever occurring) and substituting “ballot-papers of the excluded candidate or candidates, as the case may be,”;
(f) by omitting subsections (15) and (16) and substituting the following subsections:
“(15) Subject to subsection (17), where, after the transfer of all of the ballot-papers of an excluded candidate or candidates, as the case may be, no continuing candidate has received a number of votes greater than the quota, the continuing candidate who stands lowest in the poll shall be excluded and his or her ballot-papers transferred in accordance with paragraphs (13) (a) and (b).
“(16) Where a candidate is elected during a transfer of ballot-papers under subsection (13) or (15), no other ballot-papers of an excluded candidate or candidates, as the case may be, shall be transferred to the candidate so elected.”;
(g) by omitting from subsection (20) “or transfer” (wherever occurring);
(h) by omitting from subsection (21) “or transfer”;
(j) by omitting from subsections (22) and (23) “or transfer” (wherever occurring);
(k) by omitting subsection (24);
(m) by omitting subsections (28) and (29) and substituting the following subsections:
“(28) For the purposes of this section:
(a) a transfer under subsection (9), (10) or (14) of all the surplus votes of an elected candidate;
(b) a transfer under paragraph (13) (a) of all ballot-papers expressing a first preference vote for an excluded candidate; or
(c) a transfer under paragraph (13) (b) of all ballot-papers received by the excluded candidate or candidates, as the case may be, at a particular transfer value;
each constitutes a separate transfer.
“(29) In this section:
‘adjusted notional vote’, in relation to a continuing candidate, means, in a case where a candidate or candidates has or have been elected, the sum of:
(a) the number of notional votes of the continuing candidate; and
(b) the number, before the transfer of any of the surplus votes, of those surplus votes;
‘continuing candidate’ means a candidate not already elected or excluded from the count;
‘leading shortfall’, in relation to a particular stage during the scrutiny in a Senate election, means the shortfall of the continuing candidate standing highest in the poll at that stage;
‘notional vote’, in relation to a continuing candidate, means the aggregate of the votes obtained by that candidate and the votes obtained by each other candidate who stands lower in the poll than him or her;
‘shortfall’, in relation to a continuing candidate at a particular stage during the scrutiny in a Senate election, means the number of votes that the candidate requires at that stage in order to reach the quota referred to in subsection (8);
‘State’ includes Territory;
‘vacancy shortfall’, in relation to a particular stage during the scrutiny in a Senate election, means the aggregate of the shortfalls of that number of leading candidates equal to the number of remaining unfilled vacancies, the leading candidates being ascertained by taking the continuing candidate who stands highest in the poll, the continuing candidate who
stands next highest in the poll, and so on in the order in which the continuing candidates stand in the poll.”;
(n) by inserting after “votes” (wherever occurring) in subsection (30) “, or ballot-papers, as the case may be,”; and
(p) by inserting after subsection (30) the following subsection:
“(31) For the purposes of this section, at any time after the counting of first preference votes the order of standing of the continuing candidates in the poll shall be determined as follows:
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the continuing candidates shall stand in the poll in the order of the relative number of votes of each continuing candidate, with the continuing candidate with the greatest number of votes standing highest in the poll and the continuing candidate with the fewest number of votes standing lowest in the poll;
(b) if 2 or more continuing candidates have the same number of votes, those candidates shall stand in the poll in the order of the relative number of votes of each of those candidates at the last count at which each of them had a different number of votes, with the continuing candidate with the greater or greatest number of votes at that count standing higher in the poll and the continuing candidate with the fewer or fewest number of votes at that count standing lower in the poll, but if there has been no such count the Australian Electoral Officer for the State shall determine the order of standing of those candidates in the poll.”.
“(7a) The fresh scrutiny referred to in paragraph (7) (b) shall, if the Australian Electoral Officer for the State or Territory that includes the relevant Division so directs in writing, include a scrutiny of such preferences (other than first preferences), on such of the ballot-papers, as are required by the direction, and shall be conducted in the manner specified in the direction.”.
(a) by omitting “within 20 days”;
(b) by inserting “, or for holding the election in a specified Division,” after “holding the election” (first occurring);
(c) by omitting “and” from the end of paragraph (a); and
(d) by omitting paragraph (b).
“(7) For the purposes of this Part, an advertisement relates to an election if it contains electoral matter, whether or not consideration was given for the publication or broadcasting of the advertisement.”.
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) “election period” (wherever occurring) and substituting “disclosure period”;
(b) by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1a) For the purposes of this section, the disclosure period in relation to an election is the period that:
(a) commenced on the day after the polling day in the preceding election; and
(b) ends on the polling day in the first-mentioned election.”;
(c) by omitting from subsection (2) “election period” (wherever occurring) and substituting “disclosure period”;
(d) by omitting subparagraphs (3) (a) (i) and (ii) and substituting the following subparagraphs:
“(i) publication by any means (including radio or television) of electoral matter;
(ii) by any other means publicly expressing views on an issue in the election;”; and
(e) by omitting from subsection (4) “election period” and substituting “disclosure period”.
“319a. (1) Where the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied that a claim or return under this Part, contains a formal error or is subject to a formal defect, the Commissioner may amend the claim or return to the extent necessary to correct the error or remove the defect.
“(2) A person who has lodged a claim or furnished a return under this Part may request the permission of the Electoral Commission to make a specified amendment of the claim or return for the purpose of correcting an error or omission.
“(3) A request under subsection (2) shall:
(a) be by notice in writing signed by the person making the request; and
(b) be lodged with the Electoral Commission.
“(4) Where:
(a) a request has been made under subsection (2); and
(b) the Electoral Commission is satisfied that there is an error in, or omission from, the claim or return to which the request relates;
the Commission shall permit the person making the request to amend the claim or return in accordance with the request.
“(5) Where the Electoral Commission decides to refuse a request under subsection (2), the Commission shall give to the person making the request written notice of the reasons for the decision.
“(6) An officer authorised for the purpose by the Electoral Commission may exercise the power of the Commission under subsection (4).
“(7) Where an officer acting under subsection (6) decides to refuse a request under subsection (2):
(a) subsection (5) applies as if the officer were the Electoral Commission; and
(b) the person who made the request may, by notice in writing lodged with the Commission within 28 days after notice of the refusal was given, request the Commission to review the decision.
“(8) Where a request is made under subsection (7), the Electoral Commission shall review the decision to which the request relates and make a fresh decision.
“(9) The amendment of a claim or return under this section does not affect the liability of a person to be convicted of an offence against subsection 315 (2), (3) or (4) arising out of the lodging of the claim or the furnishing of the return.”.
“(4) A person is not entitled, under subsection (2) or (3), to peruse, or obtain a copy of, a claim or return referred to in subsection (1) until after the end of 24 weeks after the polling day in the election to which the claim or return relates.”.
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) “commenting on any candidate, political party or the issues being submitted to the electors” and substituting “containing electoral matter”; and
(b) by omitting paragraph (2) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(b) an article that consists solely of a report of a meeting and does not contain electoral matter, other than comment made by a speaker at the meeting.”.
“381a. Where:
(a) an officer is required by a provision of this Act or the regulations to do an act;
(b) the officer refuses or fails to do the act at the time, or within the period, required by that provision;
the Commission may determine that the act may be done within such further time, not exceeding 48 hours, as the Commission fixes.”.
FORM C Section 166
Nomination of a Senator
To the Australian Electoral Officer
for the [State/Territory] of [
We, electors on the electoral roll for the above (State/Territory] and entitled to vote at the election of Senators for that [State/Territory], hereby nominate the person named below as a Senator for the above [State/Territory) to serve in the Senate of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.
Dated 19 .
Nominators
Surname or family name | Christian or given names | Residential address for which enrolled | Date of Birth | Signature |
Candidate
Name of candidate as enrolled | Form of Christian or given names to appear on ballot-paper | |
Surname or family name | Christian or given names | |
Residential address | Occupation | |
I, the candidate named above, declare that:
• I am qualified under the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth to be elected as a Senator;
• I am not, and do not intend to be, a candidate in any other election to be held on the same day as the election to which the above nomination relates;
• I consent to act as a Senator for the above [State/Territory] if elected.
I wish my Christian or given names to appear on the ballot-paper in the form shown above.
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FORM CA Section 166
Nomination of a Senator
To the Australian Electoral Officer
for the [State/Territory] of [
I, [
Dated 19 .
[
Candidate
Name of candidate as enrolled | Form of Christian or given names to appear on ballot-paper | |
Surname or family name | Christian or given names | |
Residential address | Occupation | |
I, the candidate named above, declare that:
• I am qualified under the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth to be elected as a Senator;
• I am not, and do not intend to be, a candidate in any other election to be held on the same day as the election to which the above nomination relates;
• I consent to act as a Senator for the above [State/Territory] if elected.
I wish my Christian or given names to appear on the ballot-paper in the form shown above.
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FORM CB Section 166
Nomination of Senators
To the Australian Electoral Officer
for the [State/Territory] of [
We, electors on the electoral roll for the above [State/Territory] and entitled to vote at the election of Senators for that [State/Territory], hereby nominate the persons named below as Senators for the above [State/Territory] to serve in the Senate of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.
Dated 19 .
Nominators
Surname or family name | Christian or given names | Residential address for which enrolled | Date of Birth | Signature |
Each of the candidates named below declares as follows:
• I am qualified under the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth to be elected as a Senator;
• I am not, and do not intend to be, a candidate in any other election to be held on the same day as the election to which the above nomination relates;
• I consent to act as a Senator for the above [State/Territory] if elected.
Each of the candidates named below requests that the Christian or given names of the candidate appear on the ballot-paper in the form shown below.
Name of candidate as enrolled | Form of Christian or given names to appear on ballot-paper | Residential address | Occupation | Signature | |
Surname or family name | Christian or given names | ||||
FORM CC Section 166
Nomination of Senators
To the Australian Electoral Officer
for the (State/Territory) of [
I, [
Dated 19 .
[
Each of the candidates named below declares as follows:
• I am qualified under the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth to be elected as a Senator;
• I am not, and do not intend to be, a candidate in any other election to be held on the same day as the election to which the above nomination relates;
• I consent to act as a Senator for the above [State/Territory] if elected.
Each of the candidates named below requests that the Christian or given names of the candidate appear on the ballot-paper in the form shown below.
Name of candidate as enrolled | Form of Christian or given names to appear on ballot-paper | Residential address | Occupation | Signature | |
Surname or family name | Christian or given names | ||||
FORM D Section 166
Nomination of a Member of the House of Representatives
To the Divisional Returning Officer
for the Division of [
We, electors on the electoral roll for the above Division and entitled to vote at the election of a Member of the House of Representatives for that Division, hereby nominate the person named below as a Member of that House for the above Division.
Dated 19 .
Nominators
Surname or family name | Christian or given names | Residential address for which enrolled | Date of Birth | Signature |
Candidate
Name of candidate as enrolled | Form in which Christian or given names to appear on ballot-paper | |
Surname or family name | Christian or given names | |
Residential address | Occupation | |
I, the candidate named above, declare that:
• I am qualified under the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth to be elected as a Member of the House of Representatives;
• I am not, and do not intend to be, a candidate in any other election to be held on the same day as the election to which the above nomination relates;
• I consent to act as a Member of the House of Representatives for the above Division if elected.
I wish my Christian or given names to appear on the ballot-paper in the form shown above.
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FORM DA Section 166
Nomination of a Member of the House of Representatives
To the Divisional Returning Officer
for the Division of [
I, [
Dated 19 .
[
Name of candidate as enrolled | Form in which Christian or given names to appear on ballot-paper | |
Surname or family name | Christian or given names | |
Residential address | Occupation | |
I, the candidate named above, declare that:
• I am qualified under the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth to be elected as a Member of the House of Representatives;
• I am not, and do not intend to be, a candidate in any other election to be held on the same day as the election to which the above nomination relates:
• I consent to act as a Member of the House of Representatives for the above Division if elected.
1 wish my Christian or given names to appear on the ballot-paper in the form shown above.
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FURTHER AMENDMENTS
Omit “11 months” (wherever occurring), substitute “9 months”.
Omit the subsections.
Omit “, within the meaning of subsection 93 (6),”.
Omit “90 days”, substitute “100 days”.
Omit “10 days”, substitute “13 days”.
Omit “10 days”, substitute “13 days”.
Omit the subsection.
Add at end of paragraph “or”.
Omit the paragraph.
After “211 (5)” insert “or 211a (6)”.
After “211 (5)” insert “or 211a (6)”.
Add at the end the following subsection:
“(6) Where, in a Senate election, a ballot-paper has, or ballot-papers have, been marked in accordance with subsection 239 (2) by a mark having been placed in a square printed above the name of a candidate who has lodged a statement under section 211 A, this section applies to that ballot-paper or those ballot-papers as if:
(a) a reference to the candidates in a group were a reference to the candidate;
(b) a reference to the names of the candidates in a group were a reference to the name of the candidate; and
(c) a reference to a group voting ticket or group voting tickets registered for the purposes of the election were a reference to the order of preferences, or the orders of preferences, given in that statement, as the case may be.”.
Omit the definition, substitute the following definition:
“ ‘registered’, in relation to an election, means registered, before the day of issue of the writ for the election, under Part XI;”.
Omit “an eligible” (wherever occurring), substitute “a”.
Omit the subsection.
Omit “a registered candidate in relation to the election”, substitute “not endorsed by a registered political party”.
Omit “a registered group in relation to the election”, substitute “not a group the members of which were endorsed by a registered political party or by registered political parties”.
Omit “section 295”, substitute “subsection 295 (2)”.
(a) Omit “section 295”, substitute “subsection 295 (3)”.
(b) Omit “registered”.
(a) Omit “section 295”, substitute “subsection 295 (4)”.
(b) Omit “registered”.
(a) Omit “section 295”, substitute “subsection 295 (5) or (6)”.
(b) Omit “other than a registered group”.
Omit “a registered group”, substitute “not a group the members of which were endorsed by a registered political party or by registered political parties”.
Omit all words after “period”, substitute “that commenced on the day on which the members made a request under section 168 and ended at the end of the polling day in the election”.
Omit “registered”.
Omit “214”, substitute “210aor 214”.
1. No. 27, 1918. For previous amendments, see No. 31, 1919; No. 14, 1921; No. 14, 1922; No. 10, 1924; No. 20, 1925; No. 17, 1928; No. 2, 1929; No. 9, 1934; No. 19, 1940; No. 42, 1946; No. 17, 1948; Nos. 10 and 47, 1949; No. 106, 1952; No. 79, 1953; No. 26, 1961; No. 31, 1962; Nos. 48 and 70, 1965; Nos. 32 and 93, 1966; No. 7, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 38, 1974; No. 56, 1975; Nos. 14 and 116, 1977; No. 19, 1979; Nos. 102 and 155, 1980; No. 176, 1981 (as amended by No. 26, 1982); No. 80, 1982; Nos. 39, 84 and 144, 1983; Nos. 45, 46, 120 and 133, 1984; and Nos. 67, 166 and 193, 1985.
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