Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Reducing Barriers for Minor Parties) Act 2014.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
1 Paragraph 170(3)(a)
Omit “$2,000”, substitute “$1,000”.
2 Paragraph 170(3)(b)
Omit “$1,000”, substitute “$500”.
3 Application of amendments
The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to elections the writs for which are issued on or after the commencement of this item.