Referendum Legislation Amendment Act 1999 (Cth)

Referendum Legislation Amendment Act 1999

No. 22, 1999

Referendum Legislation Amendment Act 1999

No. 22, 1999

An Act to amend the law relating to referendums

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) 4 Commonwealth expenditure during 1999 in connection with certain referendum proposals Schedule 1—Amendments Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

Referendum Legislation Amendment Act 1999

No. 22, 1999

An Act to amend the law relating to referendums

[Assented to 19 April 1999]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Referendum Legislation Amendment Act 1999.

2 Commencement This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

4 Commonwealth expenditure during 1999 in connection with certain referendum proposals Subsection 11(4) of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 does not prevent expenditure by the Commonwealth in respect of things done during 1999 (whether or not by the Commonwealth) in connection with either of the following proposed laws (including expenditure before the relevant Bills are introduced into the Parliament): (a) a proposed law to alter the Constitution to establish the Commonwealth of Australia as a republic; (b) a proposed law to insert a preamble in the Constitution.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

1 Paragraphs 11(4)(a) and (aa) Repeal the paragraphs, substitute: (a) the preparation, printing and posting, in accordance with this section, of the pamphlets referred to in this section; (aa) the preparation, by or on behalf of the Electoral Commission, of translations into other languages of material contained in those pamphlets; (ab) the preparation, by or on behalf of the Electoral Commission, of presentations of material contained in those pamphlets in forms suitable for the visually impaired; (ac) the distribution or publication, by or on behalf of the Electoral Commission, of those pamphlets, translations or presentations (including publication on the Internet);