Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2008 (NO. 13 OF 2008)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Legislation amended  
   4.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code  
   5.      Meaning of electoral matter  
   6.      Investigation of objections  
   7.      Entitlement  
   8.      Enrolment etc  
   9.      Section 87  
   10.     Application for registration of political party  
   11.     Notification and publication of applications  
   12.     Section 91 (5)  
   13.     Refusal of applications for registration  
   14.     Section 93 (2) (h)  
   15.     Grouping of candidates' names  
   16.     Approval of computer program for electronic voting and vote  
   17.     Definitions for div 10.4  
   18.     Applications for postal voting papers  
   19.     Section 136A (3)  
   20.     Ordinary or declaration voting in ACT before polling  
   21.     Section 136B (5)  
   22.     Section 136B (7)  
   23.     Section 136B (8) (b)  
   24.     Section 136B (17)  
   25.     Section 136B (19)  
   26.     Section 136B (20) (b)  
   27.     Declaration voting outside ACT on or before polling  
   28.     Section 136C (5) and (7)  
   29.     Section 136C (7) (a) and (b)  
   30.     Section 136C (8) (b)  
   31.     Soliciting applications for postal declaration votes  
   32.     Section 143 (3)  
   33.     Notice of casual vacancy  
   34.     Determination of candidate to fill vacancy  
   35.     Section 198, definition of gift, paragraph (d)  
   36.     Section 198, definition of non-party group  
   37.     Disclosure periods  
   38.     Appointed agents  
   39.     Section 203 (2) (b) (ii)  
   40.     Non-appointed agents  
   41.     Registers of reporting agents  
   42.     Section 205 (2)  
   43.     Section 206  
   44.     Entitlement to funds  
   45.     Making of payments  
   46.     Section 212 (3)  
   47.     Death of candidate  
   48.     Disclosure of gifts  
   49.     Disclosure of gifts—non-party groups  
   50.     Certain loans not to be received  
   51.     Section 218A (1)  
   52.     Section 218A (5)  
   53.     Section 218A (7), definition of relevant person,  
   54.     Section 218A (7), definition of relevant person, paragraphs (c), (d) and  
   55.     Nil returns  
   56.     Section 221 heading  
   57.     Section 221 (1)  
   58.     Section 221 (1)  
   59.     Section 221A (1)  
   60.     Section 221A (2) (b)  
   61.     Section 221A (6), definition of gift, paragraph (b)  
   62.     Advice about obligations to make returns  
   63.     Section 221B (1)  
   64.     Anonymous gifts  
   65.     Section 222 (2) (b)  
   66.     Section 222 (3)  
   67.     Section 222 (6)  
   68.     Section 222 (7), definition of prescribed amount  
   69.     Section 222 (7), definition of prescribed amount  
   70.     Section 222 (7), definition of relevant person,  
   71.     Definitions for div 14.5  
   72.     Section 223, definition of electoral expenditure, paragraph  
   73.     Section 223, definition of participant, paragraph (a)  
   74.     Section 224 (2)  
   75.     Section 224 (4)  
   76.     Section 224 (5)  
   77.     Nil returns  
   78.     Returns by broadcasters and publishers  
   79.     Meaning of defined particulars for div  
   80.     Annual returns by parties and MLAs  
   81.     Section 230 (6) (e)  
   82.     New section 230 (6A)  
   83.     Returns by parties under Commonwealth Electoral  
   84.     Annual returns by associated entities  
   85.     Returns by associated entities under Commonwealth Electoral  
   86.     Section 232  
   87.     Outstanding amounts  
   88.     Offences  
   89.     Noncompliance with pt 14  
   90.     Definitions for div 17.3  
   91.     Section 291, definition of reportage or commentary  
   92.     Sections 292 to 296  
   93.     Evidence of authorisation of electoral matter  
   94.     New section 315A  
   95.     New part 30  
   96.     Preliminary scrutiny of declaration voting  
   97.     Exclusion of candidates  
   98.     Dictionary, definition of address  
   99.     Dictionary, definition of eligible elector  
   100.    Dictionary, definition of group  
   101.    Dictionary, new definition of news publication  
   102.    Dictionary, definition of non-party group  
   103.    Dictionary, definition of related  
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