Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
authorised manner in relation to the marking of a
vote on a ballot paper used for a referendum means a manner of marking —
(a)
prescribed in section 16(2); or
(b)
prescribed in the Act by which the referendum is authorised or required; or
(c)
directed on the ballot paper,
as the case may require;
district means an electoral district for the
election of a member of the Legislative Assembly;
election means an election of members of the
Legislative Assembly or of the Legislative Council under the
Electoral Act 1907 other than an election under sections 156C and 156D of
that Act;
Electoral Commissioner means the Electoral
Commissioner appointed under the Electoral Act 1907 ;
electors means the electors qualified to vote for
the election of members of the Legislative Assembly according to the
provisions of the Electoral Act 1907 ;
officer means an officer appointed under this Act
or whose appointment has effect for the purposes of this Act;
official paper has the meaning given in the
Electoral Act 1907 section 94A(2);
place to vote means a polling place or mobile
voting place declared by written notice under the Electoral Act 1907 section
90 as applied by section 18(a);
referendum means the submission of a question to
the electors pursuant to an Act but does not include any election under the
Electoral Act 1907 ;
referendum as to a Bill means a referendum on the
question for the approval or otherwise of a Bill for an Act that has been
passed by both Houses of Parliament;
returning officer means the returning officer for
a district appointed for the purposes of the Electoral Act 1907 and includes a
person exercising or discharging the powers, functions and duties of the
returning officer.
(2) A reference in
this Act to the holding of a referendum on the same day as an election is a
reference to the votes of the electors for the purposes of a referendum being
taken on the day on which the polling at an election is conducted.
[Section 2 amended: No. 40 of 1987 s. 98 and 103;
No. 79 of 1987 s. 80; No. 43 of 1996 s. 30; No. 36 of 2000 s. 25(2); No. 30 of
2023 s. 190.]