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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2013
No. , 2013
(Special Minister of State)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 , and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
4............ Commonwealth expenditure during 2013 in connection with referendum proposals 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 , and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Act 2013 .
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
4 Commonwealth expenditure during 2013 in connection with referendum proposals
Subsection 11(4) of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 does not prevent expenditure by the Commonwealth in respect of things done (whether or not by the Commonwealth) during the period:
(a) beginning on the day this section commences; and
(b) ending on polling day for the general election of the members of the House of Representatives in 2013.