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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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