Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIn this Act--
Antarctic elector has the meaning given by the Commonwealth Electoral Act, section 246(1).
appointed commissioner means the chairperson or the nonjudicial appointee.
Australian parliament means the parliament of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory.
average number of enrolled electors for electoral districts has the meaning given by section 4.
broadcast includes televise.
broadcaster means--
(a) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation established under the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 (Cwlth); or
(b) the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation established under the Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 (Cwlth), section 5; or
(c) the holder of a licence under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cwlth); or
(d) the provider of a broadcasting service under a class licence under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cwlth).
candidate, in relation to an election, means a person who has become a candidate under section 88(3).
chairperson means the chairperson of the commission.
commission means the Electoral Commission of Queensland.
commissioner means a commissioner of the commission.
Commonwealth Electoral Act means the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cwlth).
Commonwealth electoral roll means an electoral roll under the Commonwealth Electoral Act.
complying constitution see section 73A.
continuing candidate, in relation to a counting of votes, means a candidate who has not been excluded at a previous count of votes.
cut-off day for electoral rolls means--
(a) for an election--the day so described in the writ for the election; and
(b) for a referendum--the day so described in the writ for the referendum.
cut-off day for the nomination of candidates, in relation to an election, means the day so described in the writ for the election.
day for the return of a writ means the day so described in the writ.
declaration envelope means--
(a) a declaration envelope under section 112; or
(b) another envelope on which there is a declaration to be made by an elector for the purposes of this Act.
disqualifying electoral offence means an offence, of which an offender is convicted after the commencement of the Electoral and Other Acts Amendment Act 2002, section 5--
(a) that relates to--
(i) an election of a member of an Australian Parliament; or
(i) an election to the office of chairperson, mayor, president, councillor or member of a local government, or to an equivalent office in another State; or
(iii) a referendum conducted under a law of the State, another State or the Commonwealth; or
(iv) the enrolment of a person on an electoral roll; and
(b) for which the penalty imposed included a sentence of imprisonment, other than a sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of a fine, restitution or other amount.
distribute a how-to-vote card--
(a) includes make the card available to other persons; but
(b) does not include merely display the card.
Examples--
1 A person 'distributes' how-to-vote cards if the person hands the cards to other persons or leaves them at a place for other persons to take away.
2 A person does not 'distribute' how-to-vote cards if the person attaches the cards to walls and other structures, merely for display.
election means an election of a member or members of the Legislative Assembly.
election matter means anything able to, or intended to--
(a) influence an elector in relation to voting at an election; or
(b) affect the result of an election.
election period for an election means the period--
(a) beginning on the day after the writ for the election is issued; and
(b) ending at 6p.m. on the polling day for the election.
elector means a person entitled to vote under this Act.
electoral matter means a matter relating to elections.
electoral paper means a ballot paper, declaration envelope or other document issued by the commission for the purposes of this Act.
electoral redistribution means a redistribution of the State into electoral districts in accordance with part 3.
electoral visitor voter has the meaning given by section 105(4).
exhausted ballot paper, in relation to a count of votes, means a ballot paper on which there is not recorded a vote for a continuing candidate.
first preference vote means the number 1 or a tick or cross written in a square opposite the name of a candidate on a ballot paper.
formal ballot paper has the meaning given by section 114(4).
general election means an election for the members of the Legislative Assembly.
how-to-vote card means a card, handbill or pamphlet that--
(a) is or includes--
(i) a representation of a ballot paper or part of a ballot paper; or
(ii) something apparently intended to represent a ballot paper or part of a ballot paper; or
(b) lists the names of any or all of the candidates for an election with a number indicating an order of voting preference against the names of any or all of the candidates; or
(c) otherwise directs or encourages the casting of preference votes, other than first preference votes, in a particular way.
illegal election practice means any contravention of this Act.
informal ballot paper has the meaning given by section 114(5).
institution means--
(a) a hospital; or
(b) a convalescent home; or
(c) a nursing home; or
(d) a home for the aged; or
(e) a hostel for the aged or infirm; or
(g) another place that is declared by a regulation to be an institution; or
(h) any part of a place to which paragraphs (a) to (g) apply.
issuing officer means a member of the commission's staff who is responsible for issuing ballot papers or declaration envelopes under this Act or the Referendums Act 1997 to electors at an election or referendum.
member of a political party means a person who is a member of the political party or a related political party.
mobile polling booth has the meaning given by section 94.
nonjudicial appointee means the commissioner mentioned in section 7(2)(c).
ordinary polling booth has the meaning given by section 94.
ordinary postal voter has the meaning given by section 105(2).
ordinary vote means a vote that is not a declaration vote.
Editor's note--
Part 6, division 5, subdivision 2 is about the meaning and operation of declaration voting.
ordinary voting hours means voting hours in relation to ordinary polling booths.
parliament of a Territory means the legislature of the Territory.
parliamentary committee means the Law, Justice and Safety Committee of the Legislative Assembly.
parliamentary party means a political party of which at least 1 member is a member of an Australian parliament.
political party means an organisation whose object, or 1 of whose objects, is the promotion of the election to the Legislative Assembly of a candidate or candidates endorsed by it or by a body or organisation of which it forms a part.
polling booth means an ordinary polling booth or a mobile polling booth.
polling day, in relation to an election, means the day so described in the writ for the election.
polling place means--
(a) a polling booth; or
(b) another place where voting takes place.
postal voter means an elector who is--
(a) an ordinary postal voter; or
(b) a special postal voter.
preselection ballot--
(a) means the process, or that part of the process, of selecting a candidate to be endorsed by a political party for an election, or an election for a local government, in which a member of the party votes in a ballot in his or her capacity as a member of the party, rather than as a member of a committee (however called) of the party, for the candidate; and
(b) includes matters preparatory to the ballot and the scrutiny and counting of votes in the ballot.
Example--
If the selection of a candidate involves a poll of the party members and the endorsement of the poll result by a party committee, only the poll is a preselection ballot.
publicly available part of an electoral roll means that part of an electoral roll that does not contain--
(a) if section 58(4) applies in relation to a person whose name is on the roll--the address of the person; and
(b) in any case--information of a kind declared by regulation to be restricted information.
Queensland parliamentary party means a parliamentary party of which at least 1 member is a member of the Legislative Assembly.
referendum means a referendum under the Referendums Act 1997.
registered officer of a registered political party means the person shown in the register of political parties as the party's registered officer, and includes a person nominated under section 72A as deputy of a party's registered officer.
registered political party means a political party that is registered in the register of political parties.
register of candidates means the register kept under section 96.
register of political parties means the register kept under section 69.
register of special postal voters means the register kept under section 67A.
registrable political party means a political party that--
(a) either--
(i) is a parliamentary party; or
(ii) has at least 500 members who are electors; and
(b) is established on the basis of a written constitution (however described) that sets out the aims of the party.
related political party has the meaning given by section 6.
scrutineer means a person appointed under section 99.
secretary of a political party means the person who holds the office (however described) whose duties involve responsibility for carrying out the administration, and dealing with the external correspondence, of the party.
senior electoral officer means the electoral commissioner or the deputy electoral commissioner.
special postal voter has the meaning given by section 105(3).
voting compartment means a compartment in a polling place where electors may vote in private.
voting hours of a polling place means the hours during which electors may enter the polling place.