Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Act 2011 (Cth)

Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Act 2011

No. 29, 2011

An Act to amend the law relating to elections and referendums, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendments relating to close of Rolls Part 1—Amendments Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 Part 2—Application Schedule 2—Amendments relating to prisoner voting Part 1—Amendments Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 Part 2—Application and transitional

Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Act 2011 No. 29, 2011

An Act to amend the law relating to elections and referendums, and for related purposes

[Assented to 25 May 2011]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Act 2011.

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3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments relating to close of Rolls

Part 1—Amendments

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

1 After subsection 4(7) Insert: (7A) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Act to an election or poll in, for or in relation to, a Division or Subdivision, includes a reference to a Senate election, or a poll for a Senate election, for the State or Territory that includes the Division or Subdivision.

2 Subsection 94A(4) Repeal the subsection, substitute: (4) If: (a) the application is received by the Electoral Commissioner after 8 pm on the day of the close of the Rolls for an election to be held in a Division; and (b) the application relates to a Subdivision of that Division; the person's name must not be added to the Roll for the Subdivision until after the close of the poll for that election.