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1998-1999-2000
The Parliament
of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Commonwealth
Electoral Amendment Bill (No. 1)
2000
No. ,
2000
(Finance and
Administration)
A Bill for an Act to amend
the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, and for other
purposes
ISBN: 0642 450846
Contents
Commonwealth Electoral Act
1918 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral
Act 1918, and for other purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Act
(No. 1) 2000.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
Commonwealth Electoral Act
1918
1 Paragraph 91(4A)(e)
Omit “or of any supplement to a Roll”, substitute “, of
any supplement to a Roll or any extract of any Roll”.
2 At the end of subsection
91(7)
Omit all of the words after paragraph (c), substitute:
unless:
(d) a branch or division of the party is organised on the basis of that
State or Territory; or
(e) branches or divisions of the party are organised on the basis of at
least 5 of the other States and Territories; or
(f) at least 5 members of the party are Senators or members of the House
of Representatives.
3 Subsection 91(9A)
Repeal the subsection.
4 Subsection 91(9C)
Repeal the subsection.
5 After section 91
Insert:
(1) If a copy on tape or disk of any Roll is provided:
(a) to a registered political party under paragraph 91(4A)(a) or (b);
or
(b) to a Senator under paragraph 91(4A)(c); or
(c) to a member of the House of Representatives under paragraph
91(4A)(d);
the Electoral Commission may include on the tape or disk any or all of the
information set out in subsection (2) in relation to each person included
in the copy of the Roll.
(2) The following information may be included in relation to a
person:
(a) the person’s postal address;
(b) the sex of the person;
(c) the person’s date of birth;
(d) the person’s salutation;
(e) the census district in which the person lives;
(f) the most recent enrolment date and enrolment transaction number for
the person;
(g) whether the person is:
(i) not entitled to be enrolled as an elector of the Commonwealth;
or
(ii) not also enrolled as a State elector, Australian Capital Territory
elector or Northern Territory elector; or
(iii) less than 18 years old;
(h) whether the person is a general postal voter;
(i) whether the person has only recently been enrolled;
(j) whether the person has re-enrolled and, if so:
(i) the Division and State or Territory in which they were previously
enrolled; and
(ii) the enrolment transaction number for the person’s previous
enrolment;
(k) the electoral district for the purposes of State or Territory
elections in which the person lives;
(l) the local government area in which the person lives;
(m) the Australia Post delivery point identifier for each address of the
person.
(3) The Electoral Commission must not include on a tape or disk any of the
information set out in subsection (2) in relation to a person whose address
has been excluded or deleted from a Roll under section 104.
(1) If a copy on tape or disk of any Roll, or any extract of any Roll, is
provided under paragraph 91(4A)(e) to:
(a) a person or organisation that conducts medical research; or
(b) a person or organisation that provides a health screening
program;
the Electoral Commission may include on the tape or disk any or all of the
information set out in subsection (2) in relation to each person included
in the copy of the Roll.
(2) The following information may be included in relation to a
person:
(a) the sex of the person;
(b) the age range that covers the person.
(3) The age ranges to be used under subsection (2) in a particular
case are to be determined by the Electoral Commission. However, each age range
must cover at least 2 years.
6 Subsection 91A(1)
Omit “, (9A), (9B) or (9C)”, substitute “or (9B) or
section 91AA or 91AB”.