Western Australian Current Acts

REFERENDUMS ACT 1983 - SECT 8

8 .         Additional action in case of referendum as to Bill

                In the case of a referendum as to a Bill —

            (a)         the Governor may cause a copy of the Bill, or a copy of a statement setting out —

                  (i)         the text of the Bill;

                  (ii)         the text of the particular provisions (if any) of any Act proposed to be textually altered by the Bill, and the textual alterations proposed to be made therein,

                to be attached to the writ;

            (b)         the Electoral Commissioner shall cause a summary of the provisions of the Bill to be published in the Gazette when he advertises the receipt and particulars of the writ under section 6(2)(b)(i);

            (c)         the Electoral Commissioner shall attach a copy of the Bill, or of the statement (if any) attached to the writ, to each copy of the writ that he forwards to a returning officer under section 6(2)(c).

        [Section 8 amended: No. 40 of 1987 s. 103; No. 36 of 2000 s. 25(6).]