Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsCommonwealth Electoral Act 1918
1 Subsection 184(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) An application must be in writing in the approved form and must contain a declaration by the applicant that he or she is an elector entitled to apply for a postal vote.
3 Subsection 184(3A)
Repeal the subsection.
4 Section 187
Repeal the section.
5 Subsection 188(1)
Omit ", properly signed and witnessed, for a postal vote", substitute "for a postal vote that is in accordance with subsection 184(1)".
6 Subsection 188(1) (note)
Repeal the note.
7 After paragraph 194(1)(d)
Insert:
(da) the elector must declare, on the postal vote certificate, that the requirements referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) were satisfied before the close of the poll;
(db) the authorised witness must declare, on the postal vote certificate, that the requirements referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) were satisfied before the close of the poll;
8 Paragraph 194(1A)(a)
After "signed", insert "and dated".
9 Paragraphs 3 and 3A of Schedule 3
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
3. If the DRO has reason to doubt that the signature on the postal vote certificate that purports to be the elector's signature is the elector's signature, the DRO must check the signature against the most recent record (if any) of the elector's signature that is available to the DRO.
10 Paragraphs 7 and 7A of Schedule 3
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
7. A vote marked on a postal ballot paper must be taken not to have been recorded prior to the close of the poll if the date referred to in paragraph 194(1)(c) in relation to the postal vote certificate is a date after polling day.
7A. A vote marked on a postal ballot paper must be taken not to have been recorded prior to the close of the poll if:
(a) subsection 194(1A) applies in relation to the vote; and
(b) the date referred to in paragraph 194(1A)(a) is a date after polling day.
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
11 Subsection 55(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) An application must be in writing in the approved form and must contain a declaration by the applicant that he or she is an elector entitled to apply for a postal vote.
13 Subsection 55(3A)
Repeal the subsection.
14 Section 60
Repeal the section.
15 Subsection 61(1)
Omit ", properly signed and witnessed, for a postal vote", substitute "for a postal vote that is in accordance with subsection 55(1)".
16 Subsection 61(1) (note)
Repeal the note.
17 After paragraph 65(1)(d)
Insert:
(da) the elector must declare, on the postal vote certificate, that the requirements referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) were satisfied before the close of voting;
(db) the authorised witness must declare, on the postal vote certificate, that the requirements referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) were satisfied before the close of voting;
18 Paragraph 65(1A)(a)
After "signed", insert "and dated".
19 Paragraphs 3 and 3A of Schedule 4
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
3. If the DRO has reason to doubt that the signature on the postal vote certificate that purports to be the elector's signature is the elector's signature, the DRO must check the signature against the most recent record (if any) of the elector's signature that is available to the DRO.
20 Paragraphs 7 and 7A of Schedule 4
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
7. A vote marked on a postal ballot - paper must be taken not to have been recorded prior to the close of voting if the date referred to in paragraph 65(1)(c) in relation to the postal vote certificate is a date after voting day.
7A. A vote marked on a postal ballot - paper must be taken not to have been recorded prior to the close of voting if:
(a) subsection 65(1A) applies in relation to the vote; and
(b) the date referred to in paragraph 65(1A)(a) is a date after voting day.
21 Application of amendments
The amendments made by this Part apply in relation to elections and referendums the writs for which are issued on or after the commencement of the amendments.
22 Saving provision for approved forms
A form that, immediately before the commencement of this Part, was an approved form for the purpose of:
(a) subsection 184(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (as in force immediately before that commencement); or
(b) subsection 55(1) of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 (as in force immediately before that commencement);
continues to be an approved form for the purpose of that subsection as in force after that commencement, until another form becomes an approved form for the purpose of that subsection.