Victorian Numbered Acts

ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2018 (NO. 30 OF 2018)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--GENERAL AMENDMENTS

   3.      Amendment of section 3—Definitions  
   4.      Amendment of section 9—Powers of the Commission  
   5.      Amendment of section 22—Entitlement to enrolment of electors for Assembly and Council  
   6.      Amendment of section 23—Claims for enrolment and notice of change of address  
   7.      Amendment of section 24—General postal voters  
   8.      Amendment of section 45—Application for registration  
   9.      Amendment of section 46 and heading  
   10.     New section 47A inserted—Certain logos not to be entered in Register of Political Parties  
   11.     Amendment of section 48—Variation of application  
   12.     Amendment of section 49—Publication of notice of application  
   13.     Amendment of section 50—Registration  
   14.     Amendment of section 51—Changes to Register of Political Parties  
   15.     Amendment of section 61—Writs for elections  
   16.     Amendment of section 74—Ballot-papers to be prepared  
   17.     Amendment of section 78—Submission of how-to-vote cards to the Commission  
   18.     Amendment of section 79—Registration process  
   19.     Amendment of section 80—Alterations to registered how-to-vote card to correct error  
   20.     Amendment of section 83—Printing and publication of electoral advertisements, handbills, pamphlets or notices  
   21.     New section 83A inserted—Printing and publication of how-to-vote cards  
   22.     Repeal of section 98—Electors who may apply to vote early or by post  
   23.     Amendment of section 99—Application to vote early  
   24.     Amendment of section 101—Application to vote by post  
   25.     Amendment of section 102—Duty of authorised witness in witnessing signature  
   26.     Repeal of section 103—Application to vote by post made outside Australia  
   27.     Amendment of section 104—Issue of declaration and ballot-paper to postal voters  
   28.     New section 104A inserted and consequential amendments  
   29.     Amendment of section 106—Directions for postal voting  
   30.     Amendment of section 107—Provision of silent elector's address  
   31.     Amendment of section 109—Provisions as to voting by absent voters  
   32.     Part 6A substituted  
   33.     New section 110J inserted  
   34.     Amendment of section 111—Preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes  
   35.     Amendment of section 112—Rejection of ballot-papers  
   36.     Amendment of section 114A—Procedure for ascertaining number of votes for Council candidates  
   37.     Amendment of sections 152 and 158—Conduct near voting centres  
   38.     New section 158A inserted—Exhibit of notice or sign within 100 metres of entrance to voting centre  
   39.     Consequential amendments to section 179A—Criminal liability of officers of bodies corporate—accessorial liability  
   40.     Consequential amendment of Schedules  

   PART 3--AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PROHIBITED POLITICAL DONATIONS ANDPOWERS OF THE COMMISSION

   41.     Consequential amendment of heading to Part 12  
   42.     Amendment of section 206—Definitions  
   43.     New Division 3A inserted in Part 12  
   44.     Amendment of section 218—Offences  
   45.     New Division 4A inserted in Part 12  

   PART 4--AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REGISTER OF AGENTS, STATE CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING

   46.     Amendment of section 206—Definitions  
   47.     New Divisions 1A and 1B inserted in Part 12  

   PART 5--AMENDMENTS RELATING TO POLITICALDONATIONS DISCLOSURE AND REPORTING SCHEME

   48.     Amendment of section 206—Definitions  
   49.     Amendment of heading to Division 2 of Part 12  
   50.     Amendment of section 208—Statement of expenditure  
   51.     Amendment of section 209—Audit of statement  
   52.     Amendment of section 211—Entitlement  
   53.     Amendment of section 212—Making of payments  
   54.     New sections 212A and 212B inserted—Instalment payments of public funding entitlement  
   55.     Repeal of section 214—Indexation  
   56.     New Division 2A inserted in Part 12  
   57.     Division 3 of Part 12 substituted  
   58.     Divisions 3B to 3D inserted in Part 12  
   59.     Amendment of section 218—Offences  
   60.     New sections 218A and 218B inserted  
   61.     Amendment of section 220—Records to be kept  
   62.     Amendment of section 221 to apply to donation returns and annual returns  
   63.     New section 221A inserted—Confidential information  
   64.     Repeal of section 222—Provision of annual returns  
   65.     New section 222DA inserted—Electronic lodgement of disclosure returns and annual returns  
   66.     New sections 222DB and 222DC inserted  

   PART 6--AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT 2004

   67.     Amendment of section 99—Employment of Parliamentary advisers  

   PART 7--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   68.     Repeal of amending Act  
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