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Electoral and Referendum Amendment Act 1998
No. 94, 1998
Electoral and Referendum Amendment Act 1998
No. 94, 1998
An Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title..................................1 2 Commencement..............................2 3 Schedule(s).................................2
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 3
Schedule 2—Amendment of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 42
Electoral and Referendum Amendment Act 1998
No. 94, 1998
An Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, and for related purposes
[Assented to 17 July 1998]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Electoral and Referendum Amendment Act 1998.
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Items 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 147, 153 and 154 of Schedule 1 commence on the 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
1 Subsection 4(1) Insert:
certified list of voters, in respect of a Division, means a list prepared and certified under subsection 208(1).
2 Subsection 7A(1) Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) Subject to this section, the Commission may make arrangements for the supply of goods or services to any person or body. The arrangements that may be made by the Commission include an arrangement under which an authorised person enters into an agreement, on behalf of the Commonwealth, for the supply of goods or services to a person or body. For this purpose, authorised person means a person who is authorised in writing by the Commission to enter into agreements under this subsection.
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