Commonwealth Electoral (COVID Enfranchisement) Amendment Regulations 2022
I, the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 20 May 2022
Linda Dessau
Administrator
By Her Excellency’s Command
Ben Morton
Special Minister of State
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Commonwealth Electoral (COVID Enfranchisement) Regulations 2022
This instrument is the Commonwealth Electoral (COVID Enfranchisement) Amendment Regulations 2022.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | Immediately after this instrument is registered. | 3.15 pm (A.C.T.) 20 May 2022 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Commonwealth Electoral (COVID Enfranchisement) Regulations 2022
1 Subparagraph 8(2)(c)(i)
Omit “Tuesday that is 4 days”, substitute “Friday that is 8 days”.
2 Paragraph 8(2)(e)
Omit “throughout”, substitute “at any time during”.
3 Paragraph 9(2)(c)
Omit “throughout”, substitute “at a time during”.