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2019
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment
(Transparency Measures--Lowering the
Disclosure Threshold) Bill 2019
No. , 2019
(Senator Farrell)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Commonwealth
Electoral Act 1918
, and for related purposes
No. , 2019
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Transparency Measures--
Lowering the Disclosure Threshold) Bill 2019
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
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No. , 2019
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Transparency Measures--
Lowering the Disclosure Threshold) Bill 2019
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A Bill for an Act to amend the
Commonwealth
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Electoral Act 1918
, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment
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(Transparency Measures--Lowering the Disclosure Threshold) Act
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2019
.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Transparency Measures--
Lowering the Disclosure Threshold) Bill 2019
No. , 2019
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The first 1 July to occur after the day this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
No. , 2019
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Transparency Measures--
Lowering the Disclosure Threshold) Bill 2019
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
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1 Subsection 287(1) (definition of
disclosure threshold
)
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Omit "$13,800", substitute "$1,000"
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2 Subsection 287(1) (note to the definition of
disclosure
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threshold
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Repeal the note.
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3 After subsection 305A(1A)
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Insert:
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(1B) The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs (1)(b) or
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(1A)(b) must not be more than the disclosure threshold.
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4 Section 321A
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Repeal the section.
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