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<act title="Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Referendum Act 2015" year.assent="2015" no="35" type="act" amending="none" print.type="act.reprint" first.valid.date="2015-12-17T00:00:00+10:00" in.force="allinforce" assent.date="2015-12-17T00:00:00+10:00" id="act-2015-035" version.desc.id="c5fb6cc5-e6e5-4128-bdd2-3cb84ff69bfe" version.series.id="3d1993fe-19e2-4bb6-9ec0-72bd7486299b" publication.date="2015-12-17"><coverdata id="cd" guid="_46cdcdc7-fc9b-427d-8917-40704c807087"/><wrapper><front id="frnt" guid="_07be722c-fd6c-4e9a-b7fb-759baf2ee781"><shorttitle id="frnt-st" guid="_5ebbad83-e057-4ac0-9fbc-fb813911dfa0">Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Referendum Act 2015</shorttitle><longtitle id="frnt-lt" guid="_bf1bdeb8-6459-4612-809e-91135f331d66"><block><txt break.before="1">An Act to provide for a referendum on the Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Bill 2015</txt></block><historynote><txt break.before="1"><b>Long title</b> amd <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2015-035" target.version.series="3d1993fe-19e2-4bb6-9ec0-72bd7486299b" valid.date="as.made" check="valid">2015 No.&#160;35</legref><legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.5" target.doc.id="act-2015-035" valid.date="as.made" check="invalid">s&#160;5</legref></txt></historynote></longtitle></front><body numbering.style="manual"><part id="pt.1" guid="_52f7811f-5248-4385-88e9-95bca1535b43" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>Part 1</no><heading id="pt.1-he" guid="_fc7d60bd-f496-46f3-9de6-7a52e94e16e4">Preliminary</heading><clause id="sec.1" guid="_b5bf8f6d-58c5-41d0-9b43-1b0fe69c0e09" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>1</no><heading id="sec.1-he" guid="_3800a193-9c19-48ac-9328-2e7d68f86f63">Short title</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This Act may be cited as the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2015-035" target.version.series="3d1993fe-19e2-4bb6-9ec0-72bd7486299b" check="valid"><name emphasis="yes">Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Referendum Act 2015</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause></part><part id="pt.2" guid="_7bc16030-1d42-4f37-90eb-e5e6e73f4997" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>Part 2</no><heading id="pt.2-he" guid="_3ba5f93b-2126-407f-8ade-0dc9166bfe91">Submitting Bill to electors for voting</heading><clause id="sec.2" guid="_7be64113-076e-4dff-bf4d-6dd594e097e0" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>2</no><heading id="sec.2-he" guid="_7d34f924-227a-4527-a559-2904e9a71e67">Bill to be submitted to electors</heading><subclause id="sec.2-ssec.1" guid="_4b315f12-b33e-4d79-ab18-6ee21f6544c3" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(1)</no><block><txt break.before="0">This section applies if the Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Bill 2015 is passed by the Legislative Assembly.</txt></block></subclause><subclause id="sec.2-ssec.2" guid="_6caba484-cd56-48e1-8dd1-c8f82366d926" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(2)</no><block><txt break.before="0">In accordance with the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-1934-035" target.version.series="564d22c7-f4fb-48e7-b2fd-fe2c57fc672f" check="valid"><name emphasis="yes">Constitution Act Amendment Act 1934</name></legref>, <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.4" target.doc.id="act-1934-035" target.version.series="564d22c7-f4fb-48e7-b2fd-fe2c57fc672f" target.guid="_83a4df01-bba5-4ed3-888b-0e023e25e3bb" check="valid">section&#160;4</legref>, the Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Bill 2015 is to be submitted for the approval or otherwise of the electors qualified to vote for the election of members of the Legislative Assembly.</txt></block></subclause></clause><clause id="sec.3" guid="_bfa55189-0067-4395-8bf5-877c6abb0d5f" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>3</no><heading id="sec.3-he" guid="_97d97f59-4bbd-4c68-8593-f2cfa6b3c4eb">How vote is taken</heading><block><txt break.before="1">For the purpose of <intref refid="sec.2" target.guid="_7be64113-076e-4dff-bf4d-6dd594e097e0" check="valid">section&#160;2</intref>, a referendum is to be held under the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-1997-011" target.version.series="0127f9d7-e4d3-4d08-8184-2bb0036db76a" check="valid"><name emphasis="yes">Referendums Act 1997</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause></part></body></wrapper></act>