STATUTORY RULES.
1954. No. 27.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH
ELECTORAL ACT 1918-1953 AND THE REFERENDUM (CONSTITUTION ALTERATION) ACT
1906-1936.*
I, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1953 and the Referendum (Constitution
Alteration) Act 1906-1936.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of March,
1954.
W. J. SLIM
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. S. KENT HUGHES
Minister of State for the Interior.
Amendments of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations.
1. Regulation 7 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations is
repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead :—
Sale of Rolls Sec. 37 (1).
“7. For the purposes of sub-section (1.) of section 37 of the Act,
the prescribed prices are those specified in the table to this regulation.
s. | d. |
For a
Principal Roll for a Division............................... | 6 | 0 |
For a
Principal Roll for a Subdivision......................... | 1 | 6 |
For a
Supplemental Roll for a Division....................... | 2 | 0 |
For a
Supplemental Roll for a Subdivision.................. | .. | 6”. |
Form of
application for postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper. Sec. 85.
2. Regulation 40 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations is
amended by inserting in the proviso to sub-regulation (1.), after the word “Subdivision”
(last occurring), the words “, or where, in the case of an applicant
temporarily outside Australia, the application is made to an Assistant
Returning Officer at a place outside Australia”.
Form of
postal vote certificate. Sec. 88.
3. Regulation 41 of the Electoral and Referendum
Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “for
which the elector named in the certificate declares that he is enrolled” and
inserting in their stead the words “specified in the certificate”.
*
Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 8th April, 1954.
Statutory Rules 1940, No. 103 as
amended by Statutory Rules 1949, No. 62.
575.—Price
3d.
Forms of
postal ballot-paper. Sec. 88.
4. Regulation 42 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations is
amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of
sub-regulation (2.) the words “for which the voter declares that he is enrolled”
and inserting in their stead the words “in which the election is to be held”;
(b) by omitting from
paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4.) the words “for which the voter
declares that he is enrolled” and inserting in their stead the words “in which
the election is to be held”; and
(c) by omitting
sub-regulation (6.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(6.) Before issuing a postal
ballot-paper for a referendum, the Divisional Returning Officer, Registrar or
Returning Officer shall, if the name of the State printed on the ballot-paper
is not the name of the State in which the election is to be held, strike out
that name and insert the name of the State in which the election is to be held.”.
Postal ballot-paper received by Divisional
Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer. Sec. 92 (2).
5. Regulation 45 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations is
amended by omitting from paragraph (iv) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “prior
to eight o’clock in the evening of the fourth day after” and inserting in their
stead the words “on or before the Friday immediately following”.
Postal
ballot-paper taken from ballot-box— action by Assistant
Returning Officer. Sec. 92 (2.).
6. Regulation 47 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations is
amended by omitting from paragraph (d) the words “prior to eight o’clock
in the evening of the fourth day after” and inserting in their stead the words “on
or before the Friday immediately following”.
Absent
Voters’ ballot-papers— action by Assistant Returning Officer.
Sec. 113.
7. Regulation 56 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations is
amended by omitting from paragraph (c) the words “prior to eight o’clock
in the evening of the fourth day after” and inserting in their stead the words “on
or before the Friday immediately following”.
Action by
Assistant Returning Officer.
8. Regulation 70 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations is
amended by omitting from paragraph (c) the words “prior to eight o’clock
in the evening of the fourth day after “ and inserting in their stead the words
“ on or before the Friday immediately following”.
Form 27.
9. Form 27 is amended by inserting, after the words—
“Returning Officer for the Territory of ”,
the words—
“or
Assistant Returning Officer at ”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government
Printer, Canberra.