
Statutory Rules 1988 No. 3391
Electoral and Referendum Regulations2 (Amendment)
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
Dated 15 December 1988.
N. M. STEPHEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
Stewart West
Minister of State for Administrative Services
After regulation 38 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations the following regulation is inserted:
Nomination forms
“38a. (1) Forms C and CA, in the Schedule to the Act are altered by omitting:
‘I, the candidate named above, declare that:’
and substituting:
‘I, the candidate named above, state that:
| Please tick [✓] |
• I am an Australian citizen | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
• I am at least 18 years of age | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
• I am an elector or qualified to be an elector | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
• I am not, by virtue of section 44 of the Constitution, incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a Senator | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
and I declare that:’.
(S.R. 386/88)-Cat. No. 15/5.12.1988
“(2) Forms CB and CC in the Schedule to the Act are altered by omitting:
‘Each of the candidates named below declares as follows:’
and substituting
‘Each of the candidates named below, states that:
| Please tick [✓] |
• I am an Australian citizen | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
• I am at least 18 years of age | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
• I am an elector or qualified to be an elector | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
• I am not, by virtue of section 44 of the Constitution, incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a Senator | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
and declares as follows:’.
“(3) Forms D and DA in the Schedule to the Act are altered by omitting:
‘I, the candidate named above, declare that:’
and substituting:
‘I, the candidate named above, state that:
| Please tick [✓] |
• I am an Australian citizen | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
• I am at least 18 years of age | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
• I am an elector or qualified to be an elector | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
• I am not, by virtue of section 44 of the Constitution, incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a member of the House of Representatives | Yes [ ] | No [ ] |
and I declare that:’.”.
NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 December 1988.
2. Statutory Rules 1940 No. 163 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1988 No. 182 and see also Statutory Rules 1988 No. 182.
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