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ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT ACT 1989


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  
   4.      Interpretation  
   5.      Interpretation  
   6.       
   7.      Establishment of Commission  
   8.       
   9.       
   10.      
   11.     Australian Electoral Officer for the Australian Capital Territory  
   12.     Divisional Returning Officers  
   13.      
   14.     Representation of the Territories in the Senate  
   15.     Casual vacancies in places of senators for Territories  
   16.     Heading to Division 3  
   17.     Ascertainment of numbers of people of Commonwealth, States and Territories  
   18.     Determination of number of members of House of Representatives to be chosen in States and Territories  
   19.     Notification of determination  
   20.     Number of members of House of Representatives to be chosen in States and Territories  
   21.     Heading to Division 4, Part III  
   22.      
   23.      
   24.      
   25.     Mini-redistribution  
   26.      
   27.     Decisions under Part final etc.  
   28.     Improper influence  
   29.     Subdivisions  
   30.     New Rolls on creation of new Divisions etc.  
   31.     Inspection etc. of Rolls  
   32.      
   33.     Enrolled voters leaving Australia  
   34.     Itinerant electors  
   35.      
   36.     Application of Part  
   37.     Claims for enrolment or transfer of enrolment  
   38.     Action on receipt of claim  
   39.     Alteration of Rolls  
   40.     Application of Part  
   41.      
   42.     Review by Australian Electoral Officer  
   43.     Application of Part  
   44.     Interpretation  
   45.     Application for registration  
   46.     Procedure for dealing with application  
   47.     Changes to Register  
   48.     Deregistration of party failing to endorse candidates or ceasing to be Parliamentary party  
   49.     Forms of writs  
   50.     Writs for election of members of House of Representatives  
   51.      
   52.      
   53.      
   54.     Certified lists of voters  
   55.     Ballot-papers  
   56.      
   57.     Printing of Senate ballot-papers  
   58.     Determination of order of names  
   59.     Provisions relating to scrutineers  
   60.      
   61.      
   62.     Mobile booths-other hospitals  
   63.     Provisions related to sections 224 and 225  
   64.      
   65.     Mobile booths-Remote Divisions  
   66.     Forwarding of declaration votes  
   67.     Voters to be recorded  
   68.     Assistance to certain voters  
   69.      
   70.     Spoilt ballot-papers  
   71.     Marking of votes in Senate election  
   72.      
   73.     Compulsory voting  
   74.     Interpretation  
   75.      
   76.     Proceedings by Antarctic Returning Officer on close of poll  
   77.     Scrutineers at scrutiny  
   78.      
   79.     Informal ballot-papers  
   80.     Scrutiny of votes in Senate elections  
   81.     Scrutiny of votes in House of Representatives elections  
   82.     Scrutiny prior to receipt of declaration ballot-papers  
   83.      
   84.     Re-count of Senate votes to determine order of election in other circumstances  
   85.     Declaration of poll and return of writs for House of Representatives  
   86.     Interpretation  
   87.      
   88.      
   89.     Appointment of agents by candidates and groups  
   90.     Requisites for appointment  
   91.      
   92.     Claims for payment  
   93.     Payment not to be made in certain circumstances  
   94.      
   95.     Disclosure of gifts  
   96.     Expenditure incurred for political purposes  
   97.     Certain gifts not to be received  
   98.     Nil returns  
   99.     Returns of electoral expenditure  
   100.    Returns by broadcasters  
   101.    Returns by publishers  
   102.    Nil returns  
   103.     
   104.    Offences  
   105.     
   106.    Inability to complete returns  
   107.    Inspection and supply of copies of claims and returns  
   108.    Indexation  
   109.     
   110.     
   111.    Requisites of petition  
   112.    Petition by Electoral Commission  
   113.    No proceedings unless requirements complied with  
   114.     
   115.     
   116.     
   117.    Record of claims for enrolment etc.  
   118.    Forms  
   119.     
   120.    Form E  
   121.    Addition of Schedules  
   122.    Amendments to eliminate gender-specific language  
   123.    Minor amendments  
   124.    Principal Act  
   125.    Interpretation  
   126.    Form of writ  
   127.     
   128.     
   129.    Certified list of voters  
   130.    Forms of ballot-paper  
   131.     
   132.    Provisions relating to scrutineers  
   133.    Assistance to certain voters  
   134.     
   135.    Spoilt ballot-papers  
   136.    Compulsory voting  
   137.    Forwarding of declaration votes  
   138.     
   139.    Mobile booths-other hospitals  
   140.     
   141.    Provisions related to sections 48 and 49  
   142.    Mobile booths-Remote Divisions  
   143.     
   144.     
   145.    Proceedings by Antarctic Returning Officer upon close of poll  
   146.     
   147.    Conduct of scrutiny  
   148.    Informal ballot-papers  
   149.     
   150.    Requisites of petition  
   151.     
   152.     
   153.    Returns by broadcasters  
   154.    Returns by publishers  
   155.     
   156.     
   157.     
   158.     
   159.    Addition of Schedules  
   160.    Amendments to remove gender-specific language  
   161.    Minor amendments  
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 5
           SCHEDULE 6


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