Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1940
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5 Interpretation
(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
Australia’s Foreign Investment Framework means any of the following Acts and any instruments made under any of those Acts:
(a) the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975;
(b) the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Act 2015;
(c) the Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Act 2015.
referendum has the same meaning as in the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act.
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act means the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984.
The Act means the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
(3) A reference in these Regulations to an elector or a person qualified to be an elector of the Commonwealth shall be read as a reference to a person whose name appears on a Roll of electors under the Act or a person entitled to be enrolled on such a roll.