Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Modernisation) Regulations 2019
I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 07 March 2019
Peter Cosgrove
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Alex Hawke
Special Minister of State
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Electoral and Referendum Regulation 2016
This instrument is the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Modernisation) Regulations 2019.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The later of: (a) the start of the day after this instrument is registered; and (b) the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2019. | 8 March 2019 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Electoral and Referendum Regulation 2016
1 Division 1A of Part 4
Repeal the Division, substitute:
Division 1A—Senate ballot paper (Form E)
13A Senate ballot paper (Form E)
For the purposes of paragraph 392(2)(b) of the Act, Form E in Schedule 3 to this instrument is to be used in place of Form E in Schedule 1 to the Act.
2 Schedule 3
Repeal the Schedule, substitute:
Schedule 3—Senate ballot paper (Form E)
Note: See section 13A of this instrument, and section 209 of, and Form E in Schedule 1 to, the Act.
FORM E
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You may vote in one of two ways |
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By numbering at least 6 of these boxes in the order of your choice (with number 1 as your first choice)* | (7) A (2) | (7) B (2) | (7) C (2) | (7) D (2) | (7) E (2) | (7) F (2) | (7) G (2) | (7) H (2) |
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By numbering at least 12 of these boxes in the order of your choice (with number 1 as your first choice)** |
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(1) Here insert name of a candidate.
(2) Here insert name of a registered political party or composite name of registered political parties if to be printed.
(3) Here insert the name of a registered political party if to be printed.
(4) Here insert name of a registered political party or word ‘Independent’ if to be printed.
(5) Here insert name of State or Territory and year of election.
(6) Here insert number of vacancies.
(7) Here insert the logo of a registered political party if to be printed.
* If the ballot paper has 6 or fewer squares above the line, replace the instruction with “By numbering these boxes in the order of your choice (with number 1 as your first choice)”.
** If the ballot paper has 12 or fewer squares below the line, replace the instruction with “By numbering these boxes in the order of your choice (with number 1 as your first choice)”.