Electoral Amendment Act (No. 2) 1988 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ELECTORAL AMENDMENT ACT

(No. 2)

No. 58 of 1988

AN ACT to amend the Electoral Act 1907.

[Assented to 8 December 1988]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Electoral Amendment Act (No. 2)

1988.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on such day as is fixed by

proclamation.

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Principal Act

3. In this Act the Electoral Act 1907* is referred to as the principal

Act.

[*Reprinted as at 16 June 1986 and amended by Acts Nos. 104 of 1985,

40 and 79 of 1987 and 20 of 1988.]

Section 75 amended

4.     Section 75 of the principal Act is amended in subsection (2) (b) by

inserting after "taken" the following

and the polling areas declared under section 100 (1) (i) in relation

to those polling places ".

Section 100 amended

5.     Section 100 of the principal Act is amended

(a) after subsection (1) (h), by inserting the following

(i)     declare, and fix the boundaries of, a polling area for the purposes of section 193 in relation to each polling place appointed under paragraph (a) or (b) or under subsection (3);

(j) cancel a declaration under paragraph (i) or amend boundaries fixed under that paragraph ";

and

(b) after subsection (3) by inserting the following subsection

"

(4) A polling area declared under subsection (1) (i) in relation to a polling place shall be adjacent to the entrance to the polling place and no part of the boundaries fixed under subsection (1) (i) or (j) shall be more than 100 metres

from that entrance. ".

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Section 193 inserted

6. After section 192A of the principal Act the following section is

inserted

Restrictions as to petitions, etc.

193. (1) On polling day, or on a day to which polling is

adjourned, a person shall not in

(a)	a polling place; or
(b)	a polling area declared under section 100 (1) (i) in relation to a polling place,

collect, canvass for, solicit or invite signatures or comments for the purpose of any petition, opinion poll or survey, or display or distribute any information for such a purpose.

(2) In subsection (1) "polling place" does not include a polling

place appointed under section 100 (1) (c). ".