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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.