Local Government Electoral Regulation 2023 (Qld)

Local Government Electoral Regulation 2023

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Local Government Electoral Regulation 2023.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 28 June 2023.

Part 2 Quadrennial election for 2024

3 Date of quadrennial election for 2024— Act , s 23 For section 23(3) of the Act, the day fixed for the quadrennial election for 2024 is 16 March 2024.

4 Capped expenditure period— Act , s 123A For section 123A(2) of the Act, the day prescribed for the start of the capped expenditure period for the quadrennial election for 2024 is 14 August 2023.

5 Relevant day to decide number of enrolled electors for quadrennial election— Act , s 123S For section 123S(4) of the Act, the day prescribed for the relevant day for the quadrennial election for 2024 is 1 July 2023.

Part 3 Local government elections

Division 1 General

6 Prescribed information for nomination— Act , s 32 For section 32(3) of the Act, definition prescribed information, the following information or statements are prescribed— (a) the candidate's name, address and occupation; (b) for a candidate nominated by the registered officer of a registered political party under section 27(1)(a) of the Act— (i) the name of the registered officer; and (ii) the name of the political party; and (iii) a statement that the candidate is endorsed by the party; (c) for a candidate nominated by electors under section 27(1)(b) of the Act—the name of each elector who nominated the candidate; (d) the information or a statement required to be contained in the nomination under schedule 1 of the Act, other than the address of a close associate of the candidate.

7 Electors who may cast an electronically assisted vote— Act , s 68 (1) For section 68(5B)(c) of the Act, the following classes of electors for an election are prescribed— (a) special postal voters who are not detained in lawful custody; (b) distance voters; (c) out-of-State voters. (2) In this section— distance voter, for an election— (a) means an elector, other than a special postal voter or an out-of-State voter, whose address, as shown on the voters roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practicable route from a polling booth; and (b) if the election is a by-election—also means an elector, other than an out-of-State voter, who can not, for another reason, vote at a polling booth during the voting period for the by-election. Example of an elector for paragraph (b)— an elector who will be absent from the elector's local government area or division of the local government area for the whole of the voting period for the by-election out-of-State voter, for an election, means an elector who is not in Queensland at any time during the voting period. voting period, for an election, means the period— (a) starting on the first day that a pre-poll vote may be made for an election; and (b) ending on the close of the poll for the election.