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Queensland
ELECTORAL AMENDMENT
BILL 1996
Queensland
ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL 1996
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Insertion of new s 72A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
72A Registered officer's deputy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Amendment of s 99 (Scrutineers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 102 (Procedure for voting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 106 (Who must make a declaration vote) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9 Amendment of s 110 (Making a declaration vote using posted
voting papers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 111 (Electoral visitor voting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
11 Amendment of s 114 (Formal and informal ballot papers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of s 116 (Preliminary processing of declaration
envelopes and ballot papers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
13 Amendment of s 125 (Notice of failure to vote etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
14 Amendment of s 136 (Powers of the court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
15 Amendment of s 137 (Restrictions on certain orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
16 Amendment of s 161 (Author of election matter must be named) . . . . . . . 8
17 Amendment of s 172 (Failure to post or send documents for
someone else) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
18 Amendment of schedule (Election funding and financial
disclosure based on part XX of the Commonwealth Electoral Act) . . . . . . 9
1996
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Electoral Act 1992
s1 4 s5
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Electoral Amendment Act 1996. 3
4
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 5
amended 6
Act
Clause 3. This Act amends the Electoral Act 1992. 7
of s 3 (Definitions) 8
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 3, definition "registered officer", after `party's registered 9
officer'-- 10
insert-- 11
`, and includes a person nominated under section 72A as deputy of a 12
party's registered officer'. 13
of new s 72A 14
Insertion
Clause 5. After section 72-- 15
insert-- 16
officer's deputy 17
`Registered
`72A.(1) A registered officer may nominate a person as a deputy of the 18
registered officer for the purposes of this Act. 19
`(2) The nomination-- 20
(a) must be in writing, signed by the registered officer and lodged 21
with the commission; and 22
(b) must be signed by, and state the name and address of, the person 23
s6 5 s8
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nominated; and 1
(c) may be revoked by the registered officer by written notice given 2
to the commission.'. 3
of s 99 (Scrutineers) 4
Amendment
Clause 6. Section 99(3)(a), from `for the purpose of'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`for the purpose of-- 7
(i) inspecting ballot boxes; and 8
(ii) the examination of declaration envelopes received before 9
6 p.m. the day before polling day; and'. 10
of s 102 (Procedure for voting) 11
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 102(2), `in'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`for'. 14
of s 106 (Who must make a declaration vote) 15
Amendment
Clause 8.(1) Section 106(1)(b), (c), (d) and (e)-- 16
renumber as section 106(1)(c), (d), (e) and (f). 17
(2) Section 106(1)(a), `to a polling booth on polling day outside'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`on a polling day to a polling booth that has not been established for'. 20
(3) After section 106(1)(a)-- 21
insert-- 22
`(b) an elector who wishes to vote by going to a polling booth 23
described in section 94(4) or (6) that is outside the electoral 24
district for which the elector is enrolled;'. 25
s9 6 s 10
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(4) Section 106(2) and (3)-- 1
omit. 2
of s 110 (Making a declaration vote using posted voting 3
Amendment
papers) 4
Clause 9.(1) Section 110(1), `posted or sent by facsimile'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`posted, faxed or delivered (by the elector or someone else)'. 7
(2) Section 110-- 8
insert-- 9
`(1A) The request must state the address to which the ballot paper and 10
declaration envelope is to be posted, delivered or sent.'. 11
(3) Section 110(2), after `post'-- 12
insert-- 13
`, deliver or send'. 14
(4) Section 110(4), after `posted'-- 15
insert-- 16
`, delivered or sent'. 17
(5) Section 110(5)(d)(ii), after `post'-- 18
insert-- 19
`or send'. 20
of s 111 (Electoral visitor voting) 21
Amendment
Clause 10.(1) Section 111(1), `posted or sent by facsimile'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`posted, faxed or delivered (by the elector or someone else)'. 24
(2) Section 111-- 25
s 11 7 s 14
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insert-- 1
`(1A) The request must state the address the electoral visitor is to visit.'. 2
of s 114 (Formal and informal ballot papers) 3
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 114(1)(c), after `ballot box'-- 4
insert-- 5
`by the elector'. 6
of s 116 (Preliminary processing of declaration envelopes 7
Amendment
and ballot papers) 8
Clause 12. Section 116(2)(d), `within 10 days after'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`before 6 p.m. on the 10th day after'. 11
of s 125 (Notice of failure to vote etc.) 12
Amendment
Clause 13. Section 125(4), `106(b)'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`106(1)(c)'. 15
of s 136 (Powers of the court) 16
Amendment
Clause 14. Section 136-- 17
insert-- 18
`(3) To remove doubt, it is declared that the court may order the opening 19
of a sealed declaration vote envelope. 20
`(4) However, the court must ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, 21
the secrecy of the ballot is maintained.'. 22
s 15 8 s 17
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of s 137 (Restrictions on certain orders) 1
Amendment
Clause 15.(1) Section 137(1), from `because of'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`because of a delay in-- 4
(a) the announcement of nominations under section 88; or 5
(b) complying with the requirements of part 6, division 5, 6 or 7. 6
`(1A) Also, the court must not make an order under section 136(2) 7
(other than an order to dismiss the petition)-- 8
(a) because of an absence or error of, or omission by, any member 9
of the commission's staff that appears unlikely to have had the 10
effect that the person elected would not have been elected; or 11
(b) because incorrect information an elector gives to an issuing 12
officer is written on a declaration envelope the elector signed.'. 13
(2) Section 137(2), `subsection (1)(b)'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`subsection (1A)'. 16
of s 161 (Author of election matter must be named) 17
Amendment
Clause 16. Section 161(2)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(2) The particulars are the name and address (other than a post office 20
box) of the person who authorised the advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or 21
notice.'. 22
of s 172 (Failure to post or send documents for someone 23
Amendment
else) 24
Clause 17.(1) Section 172, heading, `or send'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`, fax or deliver'. 27
(2) Section 172(1)(a), `or send by facsimile'-- 28
s 18 9 s 18
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omit, insert-- 1
`, fax or deliver'. 2
(3) Section 172(1)(b), `send it by facsimile'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`fax or deliver it'. 5
(4) Section 172(2)(a), after `post'-- 6
insert-- 7
`or send'. 8
(5) Section 172(2)(b), after `post'-- 9
insert-- 10
`or send'. 11
of schedule (Election funding and financial disclosure 12
Amendment
based on part XX of the Commonwealth Electoral Act) 13
Clause 18. Schedule, section 294B-- 14
omit. 15
© State of Queensland 1996
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