COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 17 Reports by the Commission

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 17

  (1A)   A report prepared by the Electoral Commissioner and given to the Minister under section   46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must include particulars for the period of:

  (a)   each person or organisation to whom the Commission has provided a copy of a Roll under subsection   90B(1); and

  (b)   each person or organisation to whom the Commission has given a copy of a Roll, or an extract of a Roll, under subsection   90B(4).

  (2)   The Commission shall, as soon as practicable after the polling day in:

  (a)   a general election and any Senate election that had the same polling day as that general election; or

  (b)   a Senate election (other than a Senate election referred to in paragraph   (a));

prepare and furnish to the Minister a report of the operation of Part   XX in relation to that election or those elections.

  (2A)   A report under subsection   (2) in relation to an election must include a list of the names of all persons who, in the opinion of the Commission, are or may be required to furnish a return under subsection   305A(1) or (1A) in relation to that election.

  (2B)   The Commission may prepare and furnish to the Minister, otherwise than under subsection   (2), such reports on the operation of Part   XX as the Commission thinks appropriate.

  (2C)   Subject to section   17A, the Commission must include in any report referred to in this section particulars of the operation of subsection   316(2A) since the preparation of the last report referred to in this section that included particulars of the operation of that subsection.

  (3)   Section   34C of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 does not apply in relation to a report under subsection   (2).

  (4)   The Minister shall cause a copy of a report furnished under subsection   (2) or (2B) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which he or she receives the report.

  (5)   A report referred to in this section need not include particulars of a matter if those particulars have been included in an earlier report referred to in this section.