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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
House of Assembly—No 24
As laid on the table and read a first time, 13 October 2004
South Australia
Referendum
(Multi-Member Electorates) Bill 2004
A Bill For
An Act to provide for the submission of the Statutes
Amendment (Multi-Member Electorates) Bill 2004 to a referendum.
Contents
1 Short title
2 The Referendum
3 Conduct of referendum
4 Distribution to electors of
arguments for and against the Bill
5 Appointment of scrutineers
6 Declaration of result
7 Regulations
The Parliament of South Australia enacts
as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Referendum (Multi-Member
Electorates) Act 2004.
2—The Referendum
(1) The
Statutes Amendment (Multi-Member Electorates) Bill 2004 must, when
passed by the Parliament but before being presented to the Governor for assent,
be submitted to a referendum of electors for the House of Assembly.
(2) The question to be put to electors at the
referendum is as follows:
Do you approve the Statutes Amendment (Multi-Member
Electorates) Bill 2004?
(3) The
referendum will be held on a date appointed by proclamation for the purpose,
being a date falling at least 2 months after the Bill is passed by Parliament.
(1) The
Electoral Commissioner is responsible for the conduct of the referendum.
(2) The
Electoral Act 1985 applies to the referendum with adaptions, exclusions and modifications prescribed by
regulation as if the referendum were a general election of members of the House
of Assembly.
4—Distribution to electors of arguments for and against the Bill
(1) If within 4 weeks after the passage of the Statutes
Amendment (Multi-Member Electorates) Bill 2004 there is forwarded to the
Electoral Commissioner—
(a) an argument in favour of the Bill, consisting of not more
than 2 000 words, authorised by a majority of those members of the
Parliament who voted for the Bill; or
(b) an argument against the Bill, consisting of not more than
2 000 words, authorised by a majority of those members of the Parliament
who voted against the Bill,
the Electoral Commissioner must, not later than 14 days before
the voting day for the referendum, cause to be printed and to be posted to each
elector, as nearly as practicable, a pamphlet containing the arguments.
(2) A
pamphlet under subsection (1) may contain such other information, or be
accompanied by such material, as the Electoral Commissioner thinks fit.
A political party registered under the Electoral Act 1985
may by notice in a form approved by the Electoral Commissioner appoint one or
more scrutineers for the purposes of the referendum.
When the result of the referendum is known, the Electoral Commissioner
must declare the result by notice in the Gazette.
The Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for the purposes of, this Act.