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This Act may be cited as the Senate Elections Act 1935 .
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Tasmania act
This Act fixes the basic mechanics for Senate elections in the State: who sets the timetable, what minimum nomination and polling rules apply, and how election dates must be recorded and varied. It centralises timing decisions with the Governor and gives election officials and candidates specific deadlines and operational rules they must follow, while allowing the executive to extend or alter times by Gazette notice. The law therefore shifts decision-making and compliance burdens onto election administrators, candidates and returning officers.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Senate Elections Act 1935.
This Act may be cited as the Senate Elections Act 1935 .
The Federal Elections Act 1900 and the Election of Senators Act 1903 are hereby repealed.
*[Section 3 Amended by No. 63 of 1984, s. 4 ]*For the purpose of an election of Senators for this State to the Senate of the Commonwealth, the Governor by proclamation may fix the dates –
(a) for the issue of the writ; and
(ab) for the close of the roll of electors for the election; and
(b) on or before which candidates may be nominated (herein called "the day of nomination"); and
(c) for the polling; and
(d) on or before which the writ shall be returned –
respectively.
[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 63 of 1984, s. 5 ] [Section 4 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 63 of 1984, s. 5 ] [Section 4 Subsection (2) amended by No. 63 of 1984, s. 5 ] [Section 4 Subsection (3) amended by No. 50 of 1989, s. 4 ] [Section 4 Repealed by No. 2 of 2000, s. 4, Applied:28 Apr 2000]
*[Section 5 Amended by No. 63 of 1984, s. 6 ]*The writ shall bear date as of the day of issue, and the dates fixed for the close of the roll of electors for the election, the nomination of candidates, the polling and the return of the writ shall be specified therein.
Nomination must be made at some time after the issue of the writ, and before 12 noon on the day of nomination.
The polling shall be taken at all polling-places within the State appointed under the law of the Commonwealth for the time being in force for the regulation of Parliamentary elections.
The day fixed for the polling shall be a Saturday.
*[Section 9 Amended by No. 63 of 1984, s. 7 ]*The poll shall be open at 8 a.m. and shall not close until all electors in the polling-booth at 6 p.m. and desiring to vote have voted.
*[Section 10 Amended by No. 50 of 1989, s. 5 ]*The Governor, by notice in the Gazette, may provide for extending the time for holding the election, or for returning the writ, or meeting any difficulty which might otherwise interfere with the due course of the election, and any provision so made shall be valid and sufficient.
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This Act may be cited as the Senate Elections Act 1935 .
The Federal Elections Act 1900 and the Election of Senators Act 1903 are hereby repealed.
*[Section 3 Amended by No. 63 of 1984, s. 4 ]*For the purpose of an election of Senators for this State to the Senate of the Commonwealth, the Governor by proclamation may fix the dates –
(a) for the issue of the writ; and
(ab) for the close of the roll of electors for the election; and
(b) on or before which candidates may be nominated (herein called "the day of nomination"); and
(c) for the polling; and
(d) on or before which the writ shall be returned –
respectively.
[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 63 of 1984, s. 5 ] [Section 4 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 63 of 1984, s. 5 ] [Section 4 Subsection (2) amended by No. 63 of 1984, s. 5 ] [Section 4 Subsection (3) amended by No. 50 of 1989, s. 4 ] [Section 4 Repealed by No. 2 of 2000, s. 4, Applied:28 Apr 2000]
*[Section 5 Amended by No. 63 of 1984, s. 6 ]*The writ shall bear date as of the day of issue, and the dates fixed for the close of the roll of electors for the election, the nomination of candidates, the polling and the return of the writ shall be specified therein.
Nomination must be made at some time after the issue of the writ, and before 12 noon on the day of nomination.
The polling shall be taken at all polling-places within the State appointed under the law of the Commonwealth for the time being in force for the regulation of Parliamentary elections.
The day fixed for the polling shall be a Saturday.
*[Section 9 Amended by No. 63 of 1984, s. 7 ]*The poll shall be open at 8 a.m. and shall not close until all electors in the polling-booth at 6 p.m. and desiring to vote have voted.
*[Section 10 Amended by No. 50 of 1989, s. 5 ]*The Governor, by notice in the Gazette, may provide for extending the time for holding the election, or for returning the writ, or meeting any difficulty which might otherwise interfere with the due course of the election, and any provision so made shall be valid and sufficient.