Electoral and
Referendum Amendment Act 1984
No.
133 of 1984
An Act to amend
certain provisions relating to electoral and referendum advertising and to
ensure that sub-section 273 (20) of the Commonwealth
Electoral Act 1918 applies for the purposes of the Representation Act 1983
[Assented to 25 October 1984]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the
Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as
follows:
PART
I—PRELIMINARY
Short
title
1. This Act may be cited
as the Electoral and Referendum Amendment
Act 1984.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come
into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
PART
II—AMENDMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918
Principal
Act
3. The Commonwealth Electoral Act 19181
is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
Scrutiny
of votes in Senate elections
4. Section 273 of the
Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (20) “and the Representation Act 1983” after “For the
purposes of this Act”.
Misleading
or deceptive publications, &c.
5. Section 329 of the
Principal Act is amended—
(a)
by omitting sub-section (2);
(b)
by omitting from sub-section (4) “, (2)”; and
(c)
by omitting sub-sections (6) and (7) and substituting the following
sub-section:
“(6)
In this section, ‘publish’ includes publish by radio or television.”.
Voiding
election for illegal practices
6. Section 362 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (4).
PART
III—AMENDMENTS OF THE REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984
Principal
Act
7. The Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act
19842is in this Part
referred to as the Principal Act.
Misleading
or deceptive publications, &c.
8. Section 122 of the
Principal Act is amended—
(a)
by omitting sub-section (2);
(b)
by omitting from sub-section (4) “, (2)”; and
(c)
by omitting sub-section (6).
NOTES
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 and 144, 1983; and Nos. 45, 46
and 120, 1984.
2. No. 44, 1984. For previous amendments,
see No. 120, 1984.