Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor may
arrange with the Governor General of the Commonwealth for the Australian
Electoral Officer to perform the functions of the receipt, assessment and
grant or refusal of requests under section 51B.
(2) An arrangement
entered into under subsection (1) may provide that —
(a) the
Australian Electoral Officer shall be the officer to whom a person shall send
a request under section 51B, but that a request may be sent, or in
specified circumstances and cases may be sent, to a Divisional Returning
Officer or an Electoral Officer (within the meaning of those terms in the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ) acting on behalf of the Australian
Electoral Officer;
(b) the
Australian Electoral Officer shall have the powers, functions and duties
conferred on the Electoral Commissioner by section 51B; and
(c) a
request under section 51B shall be in a form provided by the Electoral
Commissioner and the Australian Electoral Officer for putting into effect a
single procedure for the purpose of making a request under section 51B of
this Act and section 104 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 .
(3) Where an
arrangement is entered into under subsection (1) the Governor may by
order, which shall be published in the Gazette , declare that a single
procedure is in operation for the purpose of making a request under
section 51B of this Act and section 104 of the Commonwealth
Electoral Act 1918 from such date as is specified in the order.
(4) An order under
subsection (3) —
(a)
shall be accompanied by an explanatory note indicating briefly the
requirements of the procedure insofar as it affects the making of a request
under section 51B;
(b) may
contain such incidental or transitional provisions as the Governor considers
necessary to give effect to this section;
(c) may
be revoked by the Governor by further order published in the Gazette .
(5) An order under
subsection (3), and the arrangement to which it relates shall have effect
notwithstanding anything in this Act.
[Section 31B inserted by No. 76 of 1984
s. 6; amended by No. 40 of 1987 s. 84; No. 36 of 2000
s. 28(1) and 29.]
[ 32, 33. Repealed by No. 36 of 2000
s. 28(1).]