2010-2011-2012-2013 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Referendum (Machinery Provisions) 

Amendment Bill 2013 

 

No.      , 2013 

 

(Special Minister of State) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Referendum 

(Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, and for related 

purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

 

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Commonwealth expenditure during 2013 in connection with 

referendum proposals ......................................................................... 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

 

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Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2013       No.      , 2013       1 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Referendum 

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(Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, and for related 

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purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) 

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Amendment Act 2013. 

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2  Commencement 

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  This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal 

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Assent. 

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3  Schedule(s) 

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  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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4  Commonwealth expenditure during 2013 in connection with 

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referendum proposals 

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  Subsection 11(4) of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 

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1984 does not prevent expenditure by the Commonwealth in 

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respect of things done (whether or not by the Commonwealth) 

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during the period: 

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(a)  beginning on the day this section commences; and 

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(b)  ending on polling day for the general election of the members 

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of the House of Representatives in 2013. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

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Amendments 

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Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 

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1  Subsections 11(1) and (2) 

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Omit "posted to each elector", substitute "sent to each address to which 

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subsection (2A) applies". 

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2  After subsection 11(2) 

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Insert: 

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(2A)  This subsection applies to the following addresses: 

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(a)  an address that is shown on the Roll for a Subdivision; 

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(b)  an address that is not shown on the Roll for a Subdivision 

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because of section 104 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 

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1918. 

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(2B)  The Electoral Commissioner may arrange for a pamphlet referred 

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to in subsection (1) or (2) to be sent to any other addresses that the 

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Electoral Commissioner considers appropriate. 

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(2C)  The Electoral Commissioner may arrange for the information in a 

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pamphlet referred to in subsection (1) or (2) to be sent to any email 

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addresses that the Electoral Commissioner considers appropriate. 

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3  Paragraph 11(4)(a) 

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Omit "posting", substitute "sending". 

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4  Application provision 

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The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to 

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referendums the writs for which are issued on or after the 

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commencement of this item. 

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