Act No. 2 of 2018. Introduced by /u/PineappleCrusher_. Assented to 2018-01-15.
2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of AustraliaSim
THE SENATE
As read a third time
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment
(Refinement) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Senator PineappleCrusher_ )
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to
parliamentary elections, and for related purposes
Contents
1 Short title ....................................................................................................... 1
2 Commencement ............................................................................................. 1
3 Schedules ....................................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Repeal of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 2017 3
Commonwealth Electoral Act 2017 3
Schedule 2—Amendments 4
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 4
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1 A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to
2 parliamentary elections, and for related purposes
3 The Parliament of AustraliaSim enacts:
4 1 Short title
5 This Act is the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Refinement)
6 Act 2017.
7 2 Commencement
8 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
9 commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
10 column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
11 according to its terms.
12
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Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
this Act
1 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
2 enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
3 this Act.
4 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
5 Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
6 may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
7 3 Schedules
8 Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
9 repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
10 concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
11 according to its terms.
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Repeal of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 2017
Schedule 1
1 Schedule 1—Repeal of the Commonwealth
2 Electoral Act 2017
3 Commonwealth Electoral Act 2017
4 1 The whole of the Act
5 Repeal the Act.
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Schedule 2 Amendments
1 Schedule 2—Amendments
2
3 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
4 1 Subsection 4(1)
5 Insert:
6 alt account means an alternate Reddit account used by a person
7 in addition to one which is already used in /r/AustraliaSim.
8 2 Subsection 4(1)
9 Insert:
10 Moderator is the title of a person who is part of the moderation
11 team, which administrates the subreddit with supreme meta
12 authority.
13 3 Subsection 4(1)
14 Insert:
15 Spreadsheet means the Master Spreadsheet of /r/AustraliaSim.
16 4 Subsection 4(1) (definition of Subdivision)
17 Repeal the definition.
18 5 Subsection 81(1)
19 Omit “each State and Territory”, substitute “the whole of Australia”.
20 6 Subsections 82(2) (3) and (4)
21 Repeal the subsections.
22 7 Subsection 85(1)
23 Omit “Subdivision, Division, State or Territory”, substitute “Division”.
24 8 Subsection 85(2)
25 Repeal the subsection.
26 9 Paragraph 86(1)(a)
27 Repeal the paragraph.
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Amendments Schedule 2
1 10 Paragraph 86(1)(b)
2 Omit “or a new Subdivision”.
3 11 Paragraph 86(1)(c)
4 Omit “or of an existing Subdivision”.
5 12 Subsection 86(1)
6 Omit:
7 new Rolls shall be prepared in respect of each Division or
8 Subdivision created or otherwise affected by reason of the
9 circumstance referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) by making
10 any necessary transfer of electors between Rolls for existing
11 Divisions or Subdivisions or between Rolls for existing
12 Divisions or Subdivisions and Rolls for new Divisions or
13 Subdivisions.
14
15 Substitute:
16 new Rolls shall be prepared in respect of each Division created
17 or otherwise affected by reason of the circumstance referred to
18 in paragraph (b) or (c) by making any necessary transfer of
19 electors between Rolls for existing Divisions or between Rolls
20 for existing Division and Rolls for new Divisions.
21 13 Section 87
22 Omit “Subdivision”, substitute “Division”.
23 14 Subsection 90A(1)
24 Omit:
25 A copy of the Roll for a Division is to be available, at any time
26 during ordinary office hours, for public inspection
27 without fee at:
28 substitute:
29 A copy of the Roll for a Division is to be available, at any time,
30 for public inspection without fee on
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Schedule 2 Amendments
1 15 Paragraphs 90A(1)(a) (b) and (c)
2 Repeal the paragraphs.
3 16 Subsection 90A(1)
4 After “on”, insert “the Master Spreadsheet or any other platform the
5 Electoral Commission determines”.
6 17 Paragraph 93(1)(a)
7 Repeal the paragraph.
8 18 Subparagraphs 93(1)(b)(i) and (ii)
9 Repeal the subparagraphs, substitute:
10 (i) citizens of AustraliaSim; and
11 (ii) not an alt account;
12 19 Subsection 93(2)
13 Omit “for the State that includes that Division”.
14 20 Paragraph 93(3)(b)
15 Repeal the paragraph, substitute “is not eligible in accordance with
16 paragraph 93(1)(b) of this Act;”.
17 21 Subsection 93(4)
18 Repeal the subsection.
19 22 Paragraph 93(8)(b)
20 After “pardoned;”, insert “or”.
21 23 Subsection 93(8)
22 After paragraph (b), insert:
23 (c) has been stripped of their voting rights in accordance with
24 the Code of Conduct Act 2017;”.
25 24 Paragraphs 98AA(2)(a) (b) and (d)
26 Repeal the paragraphs.
27 25 Subsection 98(1)
28 Omit “or claims for age 16 enrolment”.
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Amendments Schedule 2
1 26 Subsection 98(3)
2 Omit “or for age 16 enrolment”.
3 27 Section 100
4 Repeal the section.
5 28 Subparagraph 123(1)(a)(ii)
6 Omit “500 members; and”, substitute “4 members.”
7 29 Paragraph 123(1)(b)
8 Repeal the paragraph.
9 30 Paragraph 132(1)(c)
10 Omit “:”, substitute “on any platform deemed appropriate by the
11 Commission.”.
12 31 Subparagraphs 132(1)(c)(i) and (ii)
13 Repeal the subparagraphs.
14 32 Paragraph 132(1)(d)
15 Repeal the paragraph.
16 33 Subsection 141(5)
17 Omit “Administrative Appeals Tribunal”, substitute “High Court of
18 AustraliaSim”.
19 34 Subsections 141(6) (6A) (8) (9) and (10)
20 Repeal the subsections.
21 35 Section 151
22 Repeal the section.
23 36 Subsection 152(1)
24 Omit “for States, Senators for Territories” and “the Governor of a
25 State”.
26 37 Subsection 153(1)
27 Omit “for the State or Territory for which the election is to be held”.
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Schedule 2 Amendments
1 38 Subsection 153(2)
2 Omit “for a State or Territory”.
3 39 Paragraph 153(2)(b)
4 Repeal the paragraph, substitute “advertise receipt of, and particulars of,
5 the writ in any appropriate platform deemed necessary by the Electoral
6 Commission.”.
7 40 Paragraphs 153(c) and (d)
8 Repeal the paragraphs.
9 41 Paragraph 154(4)(b)
10 Repeal the paragraph, substitute “advertise receipt of, and particulars of,
11 the writ in any appropriate platform deemed necessary by the Electoral
12 Commission.”.
13 42 Section 155
14 Omit “is the seventh day after the date of the writ”, substitute “shall be
15 three days before the fixed date of election on the writ”.
16 43 Section 156
17 Repeal the section, substitute “The date fixed for the nomination of
18 candidates shall be two days before the fixed date of election on the
19 writ.”.
20 44 Section 157
21 Omit “23 days nor more than 31 days after the date of nomination”,
22 substitute “5 days nor more than 10 days after the issuing of the writs”.
23 45 Section 159
24 Omit “100 days”, substitute “5 days”.
25 46 Section 161
26 Repeal the section.
27 47 Subsection 163(1)
28 Repeal the subsection, substitute “A person who is an AustraliaSim
29 citizen and is enrolled on the electoral roll is qualified to be elected as a
30 Senator or a member of the House of Representatives.”.
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Amendments Schedule 2
1 48 Part XV
2 Repeal the Part.
3 49 Subsection 209(5)
4 Repeal the subsection.
5 50 Paragraph 209(6)(a)
6 Repeal the paragraph.
7 51 Paragraph 220(b)
8 Repeal the paragraph, substitute “Polls shall open at 6:00pm, and shall
9 not close until twenty-four hours have passed;”
10 52 Paragraph 220(c)
11 Repeal the paragraph.
12 53 Subsection 221(1)
13 Omit “for the election of Senators for the State or Territory for which he
14 or she in enrolled”, substitute “once”.
15 54 Subsection 222(1)
16 Repeal the subsection, substitute “On polling day an elector is entitled
17 to vote electronically on the platform designated by the Electoral
18 Commission.”.
19 55 Subsection 222(1A)
20 Repeal the subsection.
21 56 Paragraph 283(1)(a)
22 Omit “for the State or Territory concerned”.
23 57 Subparagraph 283(1)(c)(i)
24 Repeal the subparagraph.
25 58 Subparagraph 283(1)(c)(ii)
26 Omit “if it was not issued in respect of a State”.
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Schedule 2 Amendments
1 59 Subsection 284(1)
2 Omit “for the State or Territory concerned”.
3 60 Subsection 284(2)
4 Repeal the subsection.
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