{"id":"C2004A01661","name":"Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Modification Act 1977","slug":"referendum-constitution-alteration-modification-act-1977","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"23 of 1977","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":6508,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A01661-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Modification Act 1977","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nREFERENDUM (CONSTITUTION ALTERATION) MODIFICATION ACT 1977\n\nNo. 23 of 1977\n\nAn Act to modify the application of section 16 of the Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Act 1906.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Modification Act 1977.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nUse of ballot-boxes and polling booths.\n\n3. Section 16 of the Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Act 1906 has effect as if a reference in that section to an election included a reference to a poll conducted by the Chief Australian Electoral Officer within 3 months after the commencement of this Act for the purpose of choosing the tune for a national song.\n\n![](image.001.png) \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1729},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its narrow, specific purpose of allowing the temporary use of election infrastructure for the 1977 national song poll. It has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections total","Single, specific modification to one section of another Act","No defined terms or interpretation sections","Narrow, time-limited application (3-month window)","Straightforward statutory machinery with no conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This short, time‑limited Act let the Australian Electoral Office reuse regular federal election equipment—ballot boxes and polling booths—to run a special public poll choosing the national song within three months of the law starting. It affected the Chief Australian Electoral Officer and voters nationwide and was a practical, cost‑saving measure to avoid buying separate voting kit for the one‑off poll."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/referendum-constitution-alteration-modification-act-1977","history":"/api/acts/referendum-constitution-alteration-modification-act-1977/history","analysis":"/api/acts/referendum-constitution-alteration-modification-act-1977/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/referendum-constitution-alteration-modification-act-1977/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/referendum-constitution-alteration-modification-act-1977/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/referendum-constitution-alteration-modification-act-1977/documents"}}