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Electoral and Referendum Regulations (Amendment)

Authoritative Version
  • - F1996B04242
  • No longer in force
SR 1983 No. 235 Regulations as made
These Regulations amend the Electoral and Referendum Regulations.
Administered by: Finance
General Comments: These Regulations were originally made under s 35 of the Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Act 1906 and s 395 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and are continued in force under s 144 of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 and s 395 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (see s 145 of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984). This instrument was backcaptured in accordance with Section 36 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
Registered 01 Jan 2005
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR16-Nov-1983
Tabled Senate17-Nov-1983
Gazetted 28 Oct 1983
Date of repeal 19 Mar 2014
Repealed by Finance (Spent and Redundant Instruments) Repeal Regulation 2014

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918

JOINT ELECTORAL (COMMONWEALTH AND NEW SOUTH WALES) REGULATIONS (REPEAL) 1983 No. 236

JOINT ELECTORAL (COMMONWEALTH AND VICTORIA) REGULATIONS (REPEAL) No. 238

JOINT ELECTORAL (COMMONWEALTH AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA) REGULATIONS(REPEAL) 1983 No. 239

JOINT ELECTORAL (COMMONWEALTH AND TASMANIA) REGULATIONS (REPEAL) No. 237

ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1983 No. 235

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1983 NOS.

Issued by the Authority of the Special Minister of State

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The Electoral and Referendum Regulations provide for Commonwealth electoral administration throughout Australia. The Joint Electoral (Commonwealth and New South Wales) Regulations, the Joint Electoral (Commonwealth and Victoria) Regulations, the Joint Electoral (Commonwealth and South Australia) Regulations, and the Joint Electoral (Commonwealth and Tasmania) Regulations (the Joint Electoral Regulations), made provision for joint enrolment and joint roll maintenance in the four States concerned.

As there were doubts about the validity of the form of the Joint Electoral Regulations and as they were outmoded, they have been repealed.

With the repeal of the Joint Electoral Regulations, three consequential amendments to the Electoral and Referendum Regulations are necessary. These are effected by regulations 1 and 2 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations (Amendment).

The purpose of amending regulation 1, is to repeal regulation 4 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations which excludes the application of the Regulations to joint rolls.

The purpose of amending regulation 2 is to amend regulation 6 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulation by adding sub-regulations (2) and (3) to provide for (i) distinguishing marks to be placed next to the names of electors on joint rolls who are not enrolled as Commonwealth electors, and (ii) the saving of things done under the repealed Joint Electoral Regulations.

Amending regulation 3 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations (Amendment) simply effects a statute law revision amendment to correct an error in the heading of prescribed Form 4 in the Schedule to the Regulations.