Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 79
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
Dated 6 May 2010
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
JOSEPH LUDWIG
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.
3 Amendment of Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1940
Schedule 1 amends the Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1940.
Schedule 1 Amendment
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 1, after item 21
insert
21A | Federal Court of Australia (the Statutory Agency consisting of the Registrar and the APS employees assisting the Registrar) | (a) Preparing a written jury roll for a jury district (b) Determining if a person included on a jury list is not qualified to serve as a juror or should be excused from serving as a juror |
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| (c) Giving the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police the name and other details of any or all of the persons included on a jury list so that the Commissioner may give information about the criminal history (if any) of each of those persons |
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| (d) Disclosing to an officer responsible for convening juries for trials before a court of a State or Territory information identifying a juror or former juror so that the officer can consider whether to summons the juror or former juror when convening a trial before the State or Territory court Note The purposes described in this item relate to functions performed under Division 1A of Part III of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976. |
Note
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.