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TASMANIA
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ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL BALLOT PAPERS) BILL 2015
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 77 amended (How and when nomination takes place)
5. Section 81 amended (Names of registered parties on ballot
papers)
6. Section 98 amended (Design of Council ballot papers)
7. Section 244A inserted
244A. Application of amendments effected by Electoral
Amendment (Legislative Council Ballot Papers) Act
2015
8. Repeal of Act
[Bill 36]-IV
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ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL BALLOT PAPERS) BILL 2015
This Public Bill originated in the Legislative Council, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the House of Assembly for its concurrence.
D. T. Pearce, Clerk of the Council
27 October 2015
(Brought in by the Honourable Gregory Raymond Hall)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Electoral Act 2004
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Electoral
Amendment (Legislative Council Ballot Papers)
Act 2015.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
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3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Electoral Act 2004* is referred to
as the Principal Act.
4. Section 77 amended (How and when nomination
takes place)
Section 77(2) of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after paragraph (b) the following
paragraph:
(ba) include, if the nomination is for a
Council election and subsection (5) does
not apply to the nomination, a statement
by the person being nominated stating
whether or not the person wants the word
"independent" to appear on the ballot
paper under the person's name; and
5. Section 81 amended (Names of registered parties on
ballot papers)
Section 81 of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after subsection (2) the following
subsection:
(3) If a person is nominated in accordance
with section 77(2) for a Council election
and has stated in accordance with
paragraph (ba) of that section that he or
she wants the word "independent" to
appear on the ballot paper under his or
*No. 51 of 2004
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her name, the word "independent" is to
appear on the ballot paper immediately
under the name of that candidate.
6. Section 98 amended (Design of Council ballot
papers)
Section 98 of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after subsection (1) the following
subsection:
(1A) If any candidate has stated in accordance
with section 77(2)(ba) that he or she
wants the word "independent" to appear
on the ballot paper under his or her name,
the word "independent" is to appear on
the ballot paper immediately under the
ballot paper name of that candidate.
7. Section 244A inserted
After section 244 of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Part 10:
244A. Application of amendments effected by
Electoral Amendment (Legislative Council
Ballot Papers) Act 2015
The amendments of this Act effected by
the Electoral Amendment (Legislative
Council Ballot Papers) Act 2015 do not
apply to a Council election in respect of
which a writ, for the holding of the
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election, was issued before the
commencement of that Act.
8. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and
sixty fifth day from the day on which it
commences.
6 Government Printer, Tasmania