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South Australia
Referendum (Electoral Redistribution)
Bill 2008
A BILL FOR
An Act to provide for the submission of the Constitution (Electoral
Redistribution) Amendment Bill 2008 to a referendum.
Contents
1 Short title
2 The
Referendum
3 Conduct of referendum
4 Distribution to electors of arguments
for and against the Bill
5 Appointment of scrutineers
6 Declaration of
result
7 Regulations
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Referendum (Electoral Redistribution)
Act 2008.
(1) The Constitution (Electoral Redistribution) Amendment
Bill 2008 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 as
follows:
Do you approve the Constitution (Electoral Redistribution)
Amendment Bill 2008?
(3) The referendum will be held on a date appointed by proclamation for
the purpose, being a date falling at least 2 months after the Bill is passed by
Parliament.
(1) The Electoral Commissioner is responsible for the conduct of the
referendum.
(2) The Electoral Act 1985 applies to the referendum with
adaptions, exclusions and modifications prescribed by regulation as if the
referendum were a general election of members of the House of
Assembly.
4—Distribution to
electors of arguments for and against the Bill
(1) If within 4 weeks after the passage of the Constitution (Electoral
Redistribution) Amendment Bill 2008 there is forwarded to the Electoral
Commissioner—
(a) an argument in favour of the Bill, consisting of not more than
2 000 words, authorised by a majority of those members of the Parliament
who voted for the Bill; or
(b) an argument against the Bill, consisting of not more than 2 000
words, authorised by a majority of those members of the Parliament who voted
against the Bill,
the Electoral Commissioner must, not later than 14 days before the voting
day for the referendum, cause to be printed and to be posted to each elector, as
nearly as practicable, a pamphlet containing the arguments.
(2) A pamphlet under subsection (1) may contain such other
information, or be accompanied by such material, as the Electoral Commissioner
thinks fit.
A political party registered under the Electoral Act 1985 may
by notice in a form approved by the Electoral Commissioner appoint one or more
scrutineers for the purposes of the referendum.
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.