Statutory Rules 1995   No. 211

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Electoral and Referendum Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The 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 21 February 1995.

                                                                                    BILL HAYDEN

                                                                                   Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

F. WALKER

Minister for Administrative Services

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Electoral and Referendum Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Regulation 38A (Nomination forms)

2.1   Subregulation 38A (1):

Omit “the Schedule”, substitute “Schedule 1”.

2.2   Subregulation 38A (2):

Omit “the Schedule”, substitute “Schedule 1”.

2.3   Subregulation 38A (3):

Omit “the Schedule”, substitute “Schedule 1”.

3.   New regulation 39

3.1   After regulation 38A, insert:

Ballot paper—Senate

           “39.   (1)    Form E in Schedule 1 to the Act is altered:

             (a)   by omitting:

                 ‘BALLOT PAPER         COMMONWEALTH • OF • AUSTRALIA

(5)                                                   Election of 6 senators’
and substituting both the Commonwealth Arms and:

                                                                     ‘SENATE BALLOT PAPER
                                                                                              (5)
                                     ELECTION OF (6) SENATORS’;
and

             (b)   by omitting ‘the numbers 1 to 7’ and substituting ‘the numbers 1 to (7)’; and

             (c)   by omitting the figure ‘1’ wherever occurring in the Form (other than in the instructions at the left-hand side of the Form) and the footnotes to the Form and substituting ‘(1)’; and

             (d)   by omitting the figure ‘2’, ‘3’ or ‘4’ wherever occurring in the Form and the footnotes to the Form and substituting that figure in parentheses; and

             (e)   by omitting:

‘5   Here insert name of State or Territory’

from the footnotes to the Form and substituting:

‘(5)   Here insert name of State or Territory and year of election’;

and

              (f)   by omitting ‘6’ from the footnotes to the Form and substituting ‘(6)’.

           “(2)   If more than 26 groups are required to appear on a ballot paper, Form E in Schedule 1 to the Act is altered so that columns for the groups beyond the 26th group are headed ‘AA’, ‘AB’, and so on up to ‘AZ’, then ‘BA’, ‘BB’ and so on up to “BZ’, and so on up to ‘ZZ’, above and below the line.”.

4.   Regulation 39A (Ballot-paper—House of Representatives)

4.1   Subregulation 39A (1):

Omit “the Schedule”, substitute “Schedule 1”.

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NOTES

1.   Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 February 1995.

2.   Statutory Rules 1940 No. 163 as amended by 1949 No. 62; 1954 No. 27; 1961 No. 103; 1966 No. 140; 1983 Nos. 114, 153, 176, 181, 235, 274 and 313; 1984 No. 287; 1987 Nos. 118 and 119; 1988 Nos. 182 and 339; 1989 No. 32; 1990 Nos. 33 and 334; 1992 No. 422; 1993 No. 28 and 356.