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Western Australia
Electoral Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008
CONTENTS
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
Part 2 -- Electoral Act 1907 amended
3. The Act amended 3
4. Section 4 amended 3
5. Section 17 amended 3
6. Section 17B inserted 3
17B. Electors with no fixed address enrolled
under Commonwealth Act 3
7. Section 18 amended 4
8. Section 25A amended 5
9. Section 40 amended 5
10. Section 59 amended 5
11. Section 62 repealed 6
12. Section 90 amended 6
13. Section 93 amended 6
14. Section 175 amended 6
15. Section 175A amended 7
16. Section 175C amended 7
17. Section 175ZF amended 8
18. Section 183 amended 8
Part 3 -- Electoral (Political Finance)
Regulations 1996 amended
19. The regulations amended 9
20. Regulation 3 amended 9
285--2 page i
Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(As amended during consideration in detail)
Electoral Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Electoral Act 1907 and the Electoral (Political
Finance) Regulations 1996.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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Electoral Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008
Part 1 Preliminary
s. 1
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
This is the Electoral Amendment Act (No. 2) 2008.
2. Commencement
5 This Act comes into operation as follows:
(a) Part 1 -- on the day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent;
(b) sections 14, 15, 17 and Part 3 -- on the day after that
day;
10 (c) the rest of the Act -- on a day fixed by proclamation.
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Electoral Act 1907 amended Part 2
s. 3
Part 2 -- Electoral Act 1907 amended
3. The Act amended
The amendments in this Part are to the Electoral Act 1907.
4. Section 4 amended
5 Section 4(4) is repealed and the following subsection is inserted
instead --
"
(4) A reference in this Act to a full election in a region is a
reference to an election in a region for the return of
10 6 members of the Council.
".
5. Section 17 amended
Section 17(5) is amended by deleting "and section 17A" and
inserting instead --
15 " and sections 17A and 17B ".
6. Section 17B inserted
After section 17A the following section is inserted --
"
17B. Electors with no fixed address enrolled under
20 Commonwealth Act
(1) If --
(a) a person fulfils the requirements of
section 17(1)(a) and (b) but does not live in any
particular district or sub-district in the
25 State; and
(b) the person's name appears on a roll maintained
under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 in
respect of an address in a Commonwealth
subdivision in the State with which the person
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Part 2 Electoral Act 1907 amended
s. 7
has established a connection under section 96
of that Act; and
(c) the Commonwealth roll referred to in
paragraph (b) is annotated to indicate that the
5 person is an itinerant elector under the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 section 96,
the person is to be enrolled on the roll for the district or
sub-district in which the address referred to in
paragraph (b) is situated.
10 (2) While the name of the person continues to be included
on the Commonwealth roll referred to in
subsection (1)(b) with the annotation referred to in
subsection (1)(c), the person is entitled --
(a) to remain enrolled on the roll for the district or
15 sub-district referred to in subsection (1); and
(b) to vote at --
(i) any election in the region of which the
district or sub-district forms part; and
(ii) any election in the district or the district
20 of which the sub-district forms part.
".
7. Section 18 amended
Section 18(1) is amended as follows:
(a) by deleting paragraph (c) and inserting instead --
25 "
(c) is serving or is yet to serve a sentence of
detention (imposed under the Young Offenders
Act 1994), or imprisonment, of 3 years or
longer; or
30 ";
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Electoral Act 1907 amended Part 2
s. 8
(b) after each of paragraphs (b), (ca), (cb) and (cc) by
inserting --
" or ".
8. Section 25A amended
5 Section 25A (1a) is amended in the definition of "prescribed
information" by deleting the full stop and inserting instead --
"
; and
(d) the elector's date of birth.
10 ".
9. Section 40 amended
Section 40(1a) is amended by deleting "or 17A." and inserting
instead --
" , 17A or 17B. ".
15 10. Section 59 amended
(1) Section 59(1) is amended in the definition of "prisoner" by
deleting "section 18(b) to (cd)" and inserting instead --
" section 18(1)(b) to (cd) ".
(2) After section 59(3) the following subsection is inserted --
20 "
(4) If required information is forwarded to the Electoral
Commissioner under subsection (2)(a)(i) or (3)(a)(i) in
relation to a person referred to in section 18(1)(c), the
chief executive officer, prisons must include in the list
25 containing the required information the length of the
term of detention or imprisonment of the person.
".
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Part 2 Electoral Act 1907 amended
s. 11
11. Section 62 repealed
Section 62 is repealed.
12. Section 90 amended
After section 90(1)(db) the following is inserted --
5 "
(dc) is by reason of --
(i) serving a sentence of detention
(imposed under the Young Offenders
Act 1994) or imprisonment; or
10 (ii) being otherwise in lawful custody or
detention,
precluded from attending at a polling place; or
".
13. Section 93 amended
15 Section 93(1) is amended as follows:
(a) after paragraph (c) by deleting the comma and inserting
instead --
"
; or
20 (d) who is entitled to vote under section 17A(2),
";
(b) after each of paragraphs (a) to (ab) by inserting --
" or ".
14. Section 175 amended
25 Section 175 is amended in the definition of "specified amount"
by deleting "$1 500" and inserting instead --
" $1 000 ".
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Electoral Act 1907 amended Part 2
s. 15
15. Section 175A amended
After section 175A(5) the following subsection is inserted --
"
(6A) The amount of $1 000 mentioned in the definition of
5 "specified amount" in section 175 becomes the
specified amount --
(a) in relation to sections 175O, 175P, 175Q and
175R(1)(b), (c) and (d) -- from the end of the
period of 30 days after the polling day in the
10 next general election to occur after the coming
into operation of the Electoral Amendment Act
(No. 2) 2008 section 14; and
(b) in relation to sections 175N, 175R(1)(a)
and 175ZE -- on and from 1 July 2009,
15 and until then the amount of $1 800 published by the
Electoral Commissioner in the Gazette on
18 March 2005 remains the specified amount.
".
16. Section 175C amended
20 Section 175C(2) is amended by deleting ", the candidate is the
agent in relation to the election." and inserting instead --
"
--
(a) if the candidate has been endorsed by a political
25 party, the agent of the political party is the
agent of the candidate in relation to the
election; or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, the candidate is
the agent in relation to the election.
30 ".
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Part 2 Electoral Act 1907 amended
s. 17
17. Section 175ZF amended
Section 175ZF(2)(a) is amended as follows:
(a) by deleting "$1 500" and inserting instead --
" $1 000 ";
5 (b) by deleting "Electoral Amendment (Political Finance)
Act 1992" and inserting instead --
"
Electoral Amendment Act (No. 2) 2008
section 14
10 ".
18. Section 183 amended
Section 183(6) is repealed.
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Electoral Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008
Electoral (Political Finance) Regulations 1996 amended Part 3
s. 19
Part 3 -- Electoral (Political Finance)
Regulations 1996 amended
19. The regulations amended
The amendments in this Part are to the Electoral (Political
5 Finance) Regulations 1996.
20. Regulation 3 amended
(1) Regulation 3(2) is amended as follows:
(a) in the formula, by deleting "$1 500" and inserting
instead --
10 " $1 000 ";
(b) in the definition of "B", by deleting "these regulations"
and inserting instead --
"
the Electoral Amendment Act (No. 2) 2008
15 section 14
".
(2) Regulation 3(4) is amended by deleting "$1 500" and inserting
instead --
" $1 000 ".
20 (3) After regulation 3(4) the following subregulation is inserted --
"
(5) A calculation that the Electoral Commissioner would
otherwise be required by subregulation (2) to perform
at any time between the coming into operation of the
25 Electoral Amendment Act (No. 2) 2008 section 14 and
1 July 2009 is not to be performed.
".
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