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TASMANIA
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ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (VOTING AGE) BILL 2021
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 31 amended (Entitlement to enrolment)
5. Section 34 amended (Compulsory enrolment and transfer)
6. Section 39 amended (Preparation of election and candidate rolls)
7. Repeal of Act
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ELECTORAL AMENDMENT (VOTING AGE) BILL 2021
(Brought in by Cassandra Stanwell O'Connor MP)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend to Electoral Act 2004 to allow for voluntary
enrolment on the State roll for persons between the ages of 16 and
18 years
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of
Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Electoral Amendment (Voting
Age) Act 2021.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Electoral Act 2004* is referred to as the
Principal Act.
4. Section 31 amended (Entitlement to enrolment)
Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the
following subsection after subsection (2) -
*No. 51 of 2004
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(3) A person who, but for the fact they have not
attained the age of 18 years, would be
entitled to be enrolled on the
Commonwealth roll is entitled to be
enrolled on the State roll, if they have
attained the age of 16 years.
5. Section 34 amended (Compulsory enrolment and transfer)
Section 34 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the
following subsection after subsection (1) -
(1A) If a person -
(a) is not enrolled on the State roll;
and
(b) has attained the age of 16 years;
and
(c) has not yet attained the age of 18
years; and
(d) is entitled under section 31 to be
enrolled on the State roll -
that person may apply to enrol in
accordance with the forms and procedures
approved under section 33.
6. Section 39 amended (Preparation of election and candidate
rolls)
Section 39 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections -
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(2) The candidate roll is to be in an approved
form and, subject to subsection (4), is to
include only the name and address of all
electors who -
(a) are on the relevant division roll as
at the close of roll for the election;
and
(b) have attained the age of 18 years
on polling day.
(2A) The election roll is to be in an approved
form and, subject to subsection (4), is to
include only the name and address of all
electors who -
(a) are on the relevant division roll as
at the close of roll for the election;
and
(b) have attained the age of 16 years
on polling day.
7. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and sixty fifth
day from the day on which all of the provisions of this Act
commence.