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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Bill 2010
No. , 2010
(Special Minister of State)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to elections and referendums, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendments relating to close of Rolls 3
Part 1—Amendments 3
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 3
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 6
Part 2—Application 8
Schedule 2—Amendments relating to prisoner voting 9
Part 1—Amendments 9
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 9
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 11
Part 2—Application and transitional 12
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to elections and referendums, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment and Prisoner Voting) Act 2010 .
This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.