Electoral and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, the Electoral Act 1992, the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 and the Referendums Act 1997 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Electoral and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992

3 Act amended This part amends the Electoral Act 1992.

4 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) (1) Section 2, definitions chief executive appointee, disclosure period, expert appointee, nonjudicial appointee, ordinary postal voter, pre-poll voting office, publicly available part of an electoral roll and special postal voter— omit. (2) Section 2— insert— certified copy, of an electoral roll, means a copy of the electoral roll certified as a true copy by— (a) the electoral commissioner; or (b) if the copy of the electoral roll is prepared under an arrangement mentioned in section 62—the Electoral Commissioner under the Commonwealth Electoral Act. disclosure period, for an election, for part 11— (a) for a candidate in the election—see section 198(1); or (b) for a third party to which section 263(1) or 264(1) applies for the election—see section 198(3). nonjudicial appointee means the commissioner mentioned in section 6(2)(c). ordinary general election see the Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 19A. ordinary postal voter see section 119(2). pre-poll voting office see section 99A(1)(a). publicly available part, of an electoral roll, means the part of an electoral roll that does not contain— (a) the address of a silent elector; and (b) information of a kind prescribed by regulation to be restricted information. silent elector means an elector— (a) to whom section 58(5) applies; or (b) whose address has been excluded from the electoral roll under an arrangement under section 62 because of the Commonwealth Electoral Act, section 104. source, for part 11— (a) of a gift—see section 260A(1); or (b) of a loan—see section 260A(2). special postal voter see section 114(2). spoilt ballot paper see section 123A(1)(a)(i) and 123B(1)(b). (3) Section 2, definition appointed commissioner, 'a'— omit, insert— the (4) Section 2, definition electoral visitor voter, 'section 114(4)'— omit, insert— section 114(3)