Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1)¹

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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 31 August 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

ERIC ABETZ

1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1).

2              Commencement

                These Regulations commence on the date of their notification in the Gazette.

3              Amendment of Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1940

                Schedule 1 amends the Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1940.

Schedule 1        Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1]           After regulation 10

insert

11            Use by persons or organisations of information on Roll — permitted purpose

                For paragraph 91A (2A) (c) of the Act, identity verification for the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 is a permitted purpose.

Notes

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; 2003 No. 188.

2.       Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 September 2004.