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TASMANIA
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ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (BALLOT PAPERS)
BILL 2009
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 100 substituted
100. Instructions on ballot papers
5. Repeal of Act
[Bill 89]-II
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ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (BALLOT PAPERS)
BILL 2009
(Brought in by the Honourable Donald George Wing)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Electoral Act 2004
Be it enacted by His 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 (Ballot Papers) Act 2009.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Electoral Act 2004* is referred to
as the Principal Act.
*No. 51 of 2004
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Electoral Amendment (Ballot Papers) Act 2009
Act No. of
s. 4
4. Section 100 substituted
Section 100 of the Principal Act is repealed and
the following section is substituted:
100. Instructions on ballot papers
(1) Instructions on the ballot paper for an
Assembly election are to -
(a) accurately reflect the
requirements of section 102(1);
and
(b) indicate that the elector's vote
will not count unless the elector
numbers at least 5 boxes.
(2) Instructions on the ballot paper for a
Council election are to -
(a) accurately reflect the
requirements of section 102(2);
and
(b) indicate that the elector's vote
will not count unless the elector
numbers at least the number of
boxes required under
section 102(2)(a).
5. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from
the day on which it commences.
4 Government Printer, Tasmania