{"id":"F2022L00702","name":"Commonwealth Electoral (Secure Telephone Voting Method for Coronavirus Affected Individuals) Determination 2022","slug":"commonwealth-electoral-secure-telephone-voting-method-for-coronavirus-affected-individuals-determina","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441385,"registerId":"F2022L00702-fast-fetch-1775956693445","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth Electoral (Secure Telephone Voting Method for Coronavirus Affected Individuals) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCommonwealth Electoral (Secure Telephone Voting Method for Coronavirus Affected Individuals) Determination 2022\n\nI, Tom Rogers, Electoral Commissioner, make the following determination.\n\nDated 14 May 2022\n\nTom Rogers\n\nElectoral Commissioner\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Coronavirus affected individuals may use a secure telephone voting method\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Commonwealth Electoral (Secure Telephone Voting Method for Coronavirus Affected Individuals) Determination 2022.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 17 May 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 202AFA(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.\n\n5  Coronavirus affected individuals may use a secure telephone voting method\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 202AFA(1) of the Act, the method referred to in that subsection is determined for the individuals referred to in that subsection in relation to the general election and Senate election to be held in the year beginning 1 January 2022.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow scope. It was always intended as a time-limited, election-specific administrative determination to activate telephone voting for COVID-affected voters in the 2022 federal election. It has not expanded beyond this purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 sections spanning approximately 1 page","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (subsection 202AFA(1))","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) that simply 'switches on' an existing statutory power for a specific election","No substantive procedural detail — the actual telephone voting mechanics are contained in the parent Act or operational guidelines, not this instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This short, temporary rule authorised secure telephone voting for people unable to attend polling places during the May 2022 federal election because they had COVID‑19, were close contacts, or were subject to public‑health restrictions. It formalised the method the Australian Electoral Commission used so affected voters could cast valid ballots without breaching health orders; it applied only to that election."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument confines the secure telephone voting method to the individuals described in subsection 202AFA(1) for the general and Senate elections in the year beginning 1 January 2022. It does not expand or narrow that statutory class within the instrument itself and does not alter the Act’s substantive eligibility rules; operational details and costs are not specified here (s3, s5, s2)."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive operative clause that references an external statutory power rather than providing procedures (s5 referencing subsection 202AFA(1) of the Act).","Heavy reliance on cross‑reference to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (definition of Act and authority provision) requiring users to read the parent Act for full effect (s3, s4).","No operational, procedural or eligibility details in the instrument itself—implementation details are left to the administering agency, increasing practical complexity despite textual simplicity (s5).","Clear commencement mechanics but limited temporal scope (commences day after registration and applies to elections in year beginning 1 Jan 2022), so timing precision matters (s2, s5).","Instrument is made by an administrative decision of the Electoral Commissioner rather than primary legislation, concentrating decision‑making discretion in the office that implements the method (face page, s3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This short determination, made by the Electoral Commissioner, designates a secure telephone voting method for people affected by coronavirus to use at the 2022 House and Senate elections (s3, s5). It relies on the Commonwealth Electoral Act for authority, specifies commencement (the day after registration) and gives no operational detail or cost allocation in the instrument itself (s2, s3, s5)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-secure-telephone-voting-method-for-coronavirus-affected-individuals-determina","history":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-secure-telephone-voting-method-for-coronavirus-affected-individuals-determina/history","analysis":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-secure-telephone-voting-method-for-coronavirus-affected-individuals-determina/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-secure-telephone-voting-method-for-coronavirus-affected-individuals-determina/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-secure-telephone-voting-method-for-coronavirus-affected-individuals-determina/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-secure-telephone-voting-method-for-coronavirus-affected-individuals-determina/documents"}}