Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1)¹

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, 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 and the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984.

Dated 19 October 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

GARY GRAY

1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1).

2              Commencement

                These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3              Amendment of Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1940

                Schedule 1 amends the Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1940.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]           Regulation 6

substitute

6              Arrangements with States — form of Roll

                For paragraph 84 (2) (a) of the Act, the manner in which a Roll may indicate that a person is not enrolled as a Commonwealth elector is to put a circle (o) before the person’s name on the Roll.

[2]           Regulations 11A and 12

omit

[3]           Regulation 13

substitute

13            Provisional enrolment by applicant for citizenship — prescribed electors

                For subparagraph 99B (4) (b) (i) of the Act and subparagraph 38 (4) (b) (i) of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act, the classes of electors mentioned in Schedule 2 are prescribed.

[4]           Regulations 38A, 39, 39A, 39B and 39C

omit

[5]           Regulation 87

omit

[6]           Schedule 1, after item 1

insert

[7]           Schedule 2, heading

substitute

Schedule 2        Prescribed electors

(regulation 13)

[8]           Schedules 3 and 4

omit

Note

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.