Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 3)1
Statutory Rules 2000 No. 3552
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, 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 13 December 2000
WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
CHRIS ELLISON
Special Minister of State

1	Name of Regulations
		These Regulations are the Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 3).
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]	Regulation 8
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Departments
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Agencies
[2]	Schedule 2, Part 1, heading
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Part 1	Specified Agencies
[3]	Schedule 2, Part 1
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Department of the Environment and Heritage
[4]	Schedule 2, Part 1
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Department of Industry, Science and Resources
[5]	Schedule 3, item 3, Note
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Note   The following areas of ASIC will be using the information for these purposes:
•	Operational enforcement teams
•	Information Resource Centres
[6]	Schedule 3, item 8
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8	Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
	Preventing, detecting or investigating fraud and other criminal offences in relation to the Department’s programs and public money managed by the Department
Note   The Legal, Business Assurance and Investigations Branch of the Department will be using the information for this purpose	
[7]	Schedule 3, item 11, Note
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Note   The following areas of the Department will be using the information for these purposes:
•	Passports Branch
•	Consular Branch
[8]	Schedule 3, item 12
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12	Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
	(a)	Facilitating travel to Australia, or entry to Australia, for an Australian citizen who may have lost his or her passport
(b)	Enabling airport officers to identify travellers and confirm their status
(c)	Assisting investigations and compliance staff in the detection of persons suspected of being in Australia unlawfully, or of working without authority, or of being involved in people smuggling
(d)	For debt recovery purposes, verifying contact details of persons who have received loans with the assistance of the Committee for the Allocation of Loan Funds to Refugees in Centres
Note   The following areas of the Department will be using the information for these purposes:
•	Border Control and Compliance Division 
•	Humanitarian Settlement Section	
[9]	Schedule 3, item 14, Note
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the General Manager, Operations,
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the Operations Support Group, Security Section,
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 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 and 196.
2.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 2000.