Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)¹

I, GUY STEPHEN MONTAGUE GREEN, Administrator 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 17 July 2003

G. S. M. GREEN

Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command

ERIC ABETZ

1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1).

2              Commencement

                These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3              Amendment of Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1940

                Schedule 1 amends the Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1940.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]           Subregulation 10 (3)

substitute

         (3)   Subregulation (2) and Schedule 3 cease to have effect at the end of 24 June 2005.

[2]           Schedule 2, Part 1

omit

Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs

insert

Department of Education, Science and Training

[3]           Schedule 2, Part 1

omit

Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business

insert

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

[4]           Schedule 2, Part 1

omit

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

insert

Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

[5]           Schedule 2, Part 2

before

Australia Post

insert

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

[6]           Schedule 3, before item 1A

insert

[7]           Schedule 3, item 8

omit

Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs

insert

Department of Education, Science and Training

[8]           Schedule 3, item 9

omit

Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business

insert

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

[9]           Schedule 3, item 12

omit

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

insert

Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

[10]         Schedule 3, item 12, column 3, paragraph (d)

omit

[11]         Schedule 3, item 12, column 3, note

substitute

Note   The Border Control and Compliance Division of the Department will be using the information for these purposes.

[12]         Schedule 3, item 13, column 3, note

substitute

Note   The Defence Links Branch of the Department will be using the information for this purpose.

1.       These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1940 No. 163, as amended by 1949 No. 62; 1954 No. 27; 1961 No. 103; 1966 No. 140; 1973 No. 62; 1974 No. 44; 1980 No. 241; 1981 Nos. 80 and 84; 1983 Nos. 114, 153, 176, 181, 235, 274 (disallowed by the Senate on 15 December 1983) 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 Nos. 28 and 356; 1995 Nos. 21, 190 and 322; 1997 No. 411; 1998 Nos. 57 and 296; 2000 Nos. 47, 196 and 355; 2001 Nos. 248 (disallowed by the Senate on 15 May 2002) and 340; 2002 Nos. 117 and 326.

2.       Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 July 2003.