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Explain section 13 The Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 2006 s. 27(2)‑(4) read as follows:
(2) A person who is a member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council immediately before the commencement —
(a) does not become disqualified, on the commencement, for membership of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council for the purposes of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 section 38(a) or 40(a); and
(b) is not prevented from completing his or her current term as a member,
by reason only of not being an Australian citizen as defined in the Electoral Act 1907 section 4(1).
(3) A person who has been elected as a member of the Legislative Council but has not begun his or her term as a member before the commencement —
(a) does not become disqualified, on the commencement for membership of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council for the purposes of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 section 38(a) or 40(a); and
(b) is not prevented from beginning and completing his or her term as a member,
by reason only of not being an Australian citizen as defined in the Electoral Act 1907 section 4(1).
(4) In subsections (2) and (3) —
***commencement*** means the coming into operation of this section.
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined term Provision(s)
above-the-line square 4(1)
absent voter 4(1)
absent voting 97I(1)
absolute majority of votes 144(3)
acceptable action 175R(1AA), 175SAA
acceptable action period 175SAA
accountable person 4(1)
advertise 75(1)
affected party 62J(6)
affiliate fee 175
agent 175
amalgamated roll 4(1), 76AD(1)
amended Part 6 Division 2A 218
amending provisions 215
amendment period 76AB(2)
amount 175
amount change day 218
application abbreviation 62J(1)
application for continued registration 217(1)
application name 62J(1)
appropriate donor information 175SAA
approved form 4(1)
approved procedures 101
Assembly 4(1)
assistant returning officer 4(1)
Previous section 11 The *Electoral Amendment Act 2000* s. 81(2) reads as follows:
Australian Electoral Officer 31(6)
authorised deposit-taking institution 175LL, 233(2)
authorised officer 175W(1)
available day 71(1), 91(1)
average district enrolment 16A, 16G(1)
ballot paper 156D(14), Sch. 1
ballot paper packet 146G(1)
below-the-line square 4(1)
Breach or neglect of official duty 180
campaigner terminating event 175LV(1)
candidate terminating event 175LR(1)
capped expenditure period 175
chief executive officer, prisons 59(1)
close of nominations 4(1)
commencement day 43(1), 215, 218, 224, 235(1)
Commonwealth elector 43(1)
complies with the relevant name requirements 238(1), 243(1)
compulsory party levy 175
consenting candidate 156D(1)
continuing candidate Sch. 1
Council ballot paper 4(1)
Deputy Electoral Commissioner 4(1)
disclosure document 175T(1)
disposition of property 175
earlier registered word 241(1)
earliest registered party 241(2)
elected non-party member 220(1)
election 4(1), 17(2), 175LA(1), 175Q(6)
election campaign worker 4(1)
Electoral Commissioner 4(1), 5B(1)
electoral expenditure 175, 175AA(1), 175SR(1), 233(1)
electoral material 187(1A)
eligible candidate 175LCC(1)
eligible political party 62C(1)
eligible SCA nominee 175LL
enrolment information 4(1)
error notice 4(1), 89F(2)
existing party 62J(1), 215
expenditure disclosure period 175SAG
general election 4(1), 175
general postal voter 4(1), 61(1)
gift 175, 175AB(1) and (2)
Government Statistician 16A
group terminating event 175LL, 175LT(1)
higher reimbursement amount 175, 175LB(1), 218
how-to-vote card 4(1), 89A(1)
illegal practices 4(1), 187(1)
inclusivity principle 5I(1)
independent auditor 101C(1)
independent candidate 218
infringement notice 155AB
input tax credit 175LG(2)
LA candidate cap amount 175
lack of capacity notice 4(1), 206A(3)
Land Information Authority 16A
large district allowance 16G(4)
LC by-election cap amount 175
LC candidate cap amount 175
lower reimbursement amount 175, 175LB(2)
management actions 175SAA
medical practitioner 100K(1)
member terminating event 175LS(1)
Mental Impairment Review Tribunal registrar 59(1)
mobile voting officer 4(1)
modified penalty 156(6) and (13A)
nominated person 98F(2), 100I(2), 102D(2)
non-participating candidate 156D(14)
non-party opt-in request 175LCA(1)
official documents 175SAA
official paper 4(1), 94A(2)
ongoing application 235(1)
participation day 175LL, 233(2)
party agents register 175F(1)
party opt-in request 175LC(1)
party terminating event 175LU(1)
permitted 175SG, 175SH(1), (2) and (3)
person with judicial experience 16A
political contribution 175
postal application period 100
postal ballot paper 4(1), 100D(2)
postal vote application 100, 100B(1)
pre-commencement elected non-party member 220(1)
pre-commencement registered party 218
preferenced group 146EC(1)
preparation period 76AA(2)
prescribed manner 140(3), 146E(9)
previous electoral distribution 215
previously elected member 156D(14)
previous supplementary roll 76AC(2)
primary residential address 4(1)
protected information 62AF(1)
provisional voting 97I(1)
received information 35A(1)
registered abbreviation 62J(1)
registered how-to-vote card 4(1)
registered person 175SW(1)
registered political party 4(1)
registered third-party campaigner 175
register extract 4(1), 62A(1)
register of electors 4(1), 19(1)
register of political parties 4(1), 215
Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages 4(1)
registration period 89C(1)
relevant affected party 62J(6A)
relevant ballot paper 97I(1)
relevant citizenship law 4(1)
relevant election 175O(2), 175Q(4), 220(1)
relevant information 62AB(1), 238(4)
relevant period 88(1A), 191A(4)
relevant political entity 175LM(2), 175R(1AA)
relevant registered party 241(1)
replacement how-to-vote card 89E(1)
required information 59(1)
response period 237(3), 242(3)
section 175LN notice 233(1)
single member election 4(1)
specified 156AA(3), 234(1)
State campaign account 175LL, 233(2)
suitable to be registered 4(1), 89B(1) and (2)
technology assisted voting 101
third-party campaigner 175
third-party campaigners register 175, 175SS(1)
third-party general cap amount 175
third-party LC cap amount 175
tied candidates 144(2), 145(3), Sch. 1
transitional matter 234(1)
transmitted 211A(1), 247(1)
valid and sufficient reason 156(1A)
vote as a provisional voter 97
vote record 4(1), 101B(1)
whole of State electorate 4(1), 16C(1)
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