South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears—
"abbreviation", in relation to the name of a political party, includes an
alternative name of the party;
"authorised witness" means a person (not being a candidate in an election) who
is over, or apparently over, the age of 18 years;
"bribery" means an offence against section 109;
"Commonwealth Act" means the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 of the
Commonwealth;
"Commonwealth roll" means the roll of electors for the State of South
Australia kept under section 81 of the Commonwealth Act;
"counting centre" means premises at which the scrutiny of ballot papers is
being, or is to be, conducted;
"declaration ballot paper" means the ballot paper of a voter who makes a
declaration vote;
"declaration voting papers", in relation to an election, means—
(a) the
ballot paper for the election; and
(b) an
envelope endorsed with a declaration to be made by the voter;
"election period", in relation to an election, means the period commencing on
the issue of the writ for the election and expiring at 6 p.m. on polling day;
"elector" means a person whose name appears on a roll as an elector (not being
a person under the age of 18 years who is provisionally enrolled) and includes
a person whose name should appear on a roll as an elector but has been, by
error, omitted from the roll;
"electoral advertisement" means an advertisement containing electoral matter;
"the Electoral Commissioner" means the person for the time being holding, or
acting in, the office of the Electoral Commissioner under this Act;
"electoral district" or "district" means—
(a) in
relation to a Legislative Council election—the whole of the State;
(b) in
relation to a House of Assembly election—a district for the return of a
member of the House of Assembly;
"electoral matter" means matter calculated to affect the result of an
election;
"electoral paper" means any document or form for use under this Act;
"electoral roll" or "roll" means an electoral roll kept under this Act;
"electoral visitor" means an electoral visitor appointed by the
Electoral Commissioner;
"general election" means a general election of members of the House of
Assembly;
"group" means a group of 2 or more candidates nominated for election to
the Legislative Council who have their names grouped together on ballot papers
in accordance with section 58;
"group voting square" means a square printed on a ballot paper for a
Legislative Council election in relation to the candidates included in a group
who have requested a group voting square for the purposes of the election
under section 58(2)(e);
"the hour of nomination" means 12 noon on the day fixed by a writ for the
nomination;
"how-to-vote card" means a card, in the form of a ballot paper, indicating the
manner in which a vote should be recorded by a voter;
"institution" means—
(a) a
hospital; or
(b) a
convalescent home; or
(c) a
nursing home; or
(d) a
home for the aged; or
(e) a
hostel for the aged or infirm; or
(f) a
prison or other place of confinement; or
(g) an
institution of a prescribed kind,
or any part of an institution as defined above;
"medical practitioner" means a person registered under the Health Practitioner
Regulation National Law to practise in the medical profession (other than as a
student);
"name", of a candidate for election, includes a name by which the candidate is
generally known;
"officer" means a person appointed to an office under this Act or assisting
the Electoral Commissioner in the administration of this or any other Act or
engaged by the Electoral Commissioner under this Act;
"ordinary vote" means a vote that is not a declaration vote;
"organisation" means an incorporated or unincorporated association, group or
organisation (including an association, group or organisation that constitutes
a branch or division of a larger association, group or organisation);
"political party" means an organisation of which an object or activity is the
promotion of the election to the House of Assembly or the Legislative Council
of a candidate or candidates endorsed by it;
"polling booth" means a building, structure, vehicle or enclosure or part of a
building, structure, vehicle or enclosure, for taking votes at an election;
"polling place" means a place appointed as a polling place under this Act;
"registered name", in relation to a registered political party, means the name
of the party, or an abbreviation of the name of the party, entered in the
Register of Political Parties under Part 6;
"registered officer", in relation to a registered political party, means the
person shown on the Register of Political Parties as the registered officer of
that party and includes a person nominated by that registered officer as his
or her deputy;
"registered political party" means a political party registered under Part 6;
"registered voting ticket" means a voting ticket lodged under
section 60A;
"Register of Political Parties" means the register of political parties kept
under Part 6;
"remote subdivision" means a subdivision declared by the
Electoral Commissioner under section 15 to be a remote subdivision;
"returning officer" includes an assistant returning officer;
"scrutiny" of ballot papers includes the counting of the votes recorded on
ballot papers;
"subdivision" means a subdivision of a district and, in relation to a district
that is not divided into subdivisions, means the whole of the district;
"to publish" includes to authorise, cause or permit to be published;
"Tribunal" means the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
established under the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Act 2013 ;
"undue influence" means an offence against section 110;
"voting papers", in relation to an election, means any ballot paper or
declaration voting papers required by an elector for the purpose of voting at
the election;
"voting ticket" means a written statement of a particular order in which a
voter might allocate preferences in an election, being a statement for use
under this Act in interpreting the votes of voters who, in relation to a House
of Assembly election, do not indicate an order of preference covering all
candidates;
"writ" means a writ for an election.
(2) For the purposes
of this Act, an organisation endorses a candidate in an election if a part of
the organisation, or some other organisation of which the organisation is
part, endorses the candidate in the election.