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South Australia
Referendum (Reform of Legislative Council and Settlement
of Deadlocks on Legislation) Bill 2009
A BILL FOR
An Act to provide for the submission of the Constitution (Reform of
Legislative Council and Settlement of Deadlocks on Legislation) Amendment
Bill 2009 to a referendum.
Contents
1 Short title
2 The
referendum
3 Conduct of referendum
4 Regulations
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Referendum (Reform of Legislative Council
and Settlement of Deadlocks on Legislation) Act 2009.
(1) The Constitution (Reform of Legislative Council and Settlement of
Deadlocks on Legislation) Amendment Bill 2009 must, when passed by the
Parliament but before being presented to the Governor for assent, be submitted
to a referendum of electors for the House of Assembly.
(2) The question to be put to electors at the referendum is:
Do you approve the Constitution (Reform of Legislative Council and
Settlement of Deadlocks on Legislation) Amendment Bill 2009?
(3) The day appointed for the referendum must be a day that has been fixed
for a general election of members of the House of Assembly (taking into account
the requirements of section 10A of the Constitution
Act 1934).
(4) If a majority of electors voting at the referendum approve the
Constitution (Reform of Legislative Council and Settlement of Deadlocks on
Legislation) Amendment Bill 2009 then the Bill will be presented to the
Governor for assent.
(1) The Electoral Commissioner is responsible for the conduct of the
referendum.
(2) A political party registered under the Electoral Act 1985
may by notice in a form approved by the Electoral Commissioner appoint 1 or more
scrutineers for the purposes of the referendum.
(3) The Electoral Act 1985 applies to the referendum with
adaptations, exclusions and modifications prescribed by regulation as if the
referendum were a general election of members of the House of
Assembly.
(4) When the result of the referendum is known, the Electoral Commissioner
must declare the result by notice in the Gazette.
The Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary
or expedient for the purposes of, this Act.