Victorian Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 2008 (NO. 35 OF 2008)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purpose  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1989

   3.      Amendment of section 3—Definitions  
   4.      Amendment of section 11—Entitlements relating to enrolment  
   5.      Amendment of section 13—Owner ratepayers entitled to be enrolled without application  
   6.      Amendment of section 14—Owner ratepayers may apply for enrolment  
   7.      Amendment of section 15—Occupier ratepayers may apply to be enrolled  
   8.      Amendment of section 16—Provisions relating to corporations  
   9.      Sections 17 and 18 substituted  
   10.     Repeal of section 19—Notification of change or cessation of entitlement  
   11.     Amendment of section 20—Request that address not be shown  
   12.     Amendment of section 23A—Public notification and exhibition  
   13.     Amendment of section 24—Preparation of voters' rolls  
   14.     Amendment of section 37—Extraordinary vacancy within 6 months before a general election  
   15.     Amendment of section 38—By-elections  
   16.     Amendment of section 40—Voting is compulsory  
   17.     Amendment of section 41A—Election or poll by postal voting  
   18.     Amendment of section 55—Printing and publication of electoral advertisements, handbills, pamphlets or notices  
   19.     Amendment of section 55A—Misleading or deceptive matter  
   20.     Amendment of section 62—Return by candidate  
   21.     Amendment of section 62B—Certain gifts not to be accepted  
   22.     Amendment of section 68A—Resignation of Councillor  
   23.     Amendment of section 70—Candidate for election  
   24.     Amendment of section 193—Entrepreneurial powers  
   25.     New section 238A inserted—False written declaration  
   26.     Amendment of Schedule 2—Nominations  
   27.     Amendment of clause 6 of Schedule 2—Validity of candidature  
   28.     Amendment of clause 14 of Schedule 2—Ballot-papers  
   29.     Amendment of clause 11B of Schedule 3—2 or more Councillors to be elected  
   30.     Amendment of clause 14 of Schedule 3—Report on election by returning officer  
   31.     Repeal of clause 16 of Schedule 3—Request for a poll  
   32.     Amendment of clause 17 of Schedule 3—Conduct of the poll  
   33.     Clause 2 of Schedule 3A substituted  
   34.     Amendment of clause 3 of Schedule 3A—Filling of multiple vacancies  
   35.     Clauses 4 to 7 of Schedule 3A substituted  
   36.     Amendment of clause 8 of Schedule 3A—Other matters  
   37.     New clause 10 inserted in Schedule 3A—Counting of votes at a countback  
   38.     Repeal of Part 3 of Schedule 3A—Alternative countback procedure  

   PART 3--AMENDMENT OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE ACT 2001

   39.     Amendment of section 3—Definitions  
   40.     Amendment of section 9A—Persons entitled to be enrolled without application  
   41.     Amendment of section 9C—Corporations  
   42.     Amendment of section 9D—Procedure in relation to representatives of corporations  
   43.     Amendment of section 10—Request that address not be shown  
   44.     Amendment of section 11C—Public notification and exhibition  
   45.     Amendment of clause 8 of Schedule 1—Ballot-papers  
   46.     Amendment of clause 10 of Schedule 1—Marking of votes  
   47.     Amendment of Schedule 2—Form of ballot-paper  
   48.     New Schedule 3 inserted—Form of ballot-paper (20 or more groups)  

   PART 4--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   49.     Repeal of amending Act  
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