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<subordleg title="Electoral and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024" year.published="2024" year.citation="2024" no="3" pco.reg.ref="S23_0118" publication.date="2024-02-16" enabling.title="Electoral Act 1992" enabling.acts="act-1992-028 act-1997-011" sub.leg.type="reg" print.type="published" initial.admin.dept="Department of Justice and Attorney-General" id="sl-2024-0003" version.desc.id="da9e8187-f3d9-4616-9463-f0636544a8a8" version.series.id="408946c1-72c4-4af9-88b4-a038eb445d9d" amending="pure" published.how="website" stage.repeal="1"><wrapper><body numbering.style="manual"><part id="pt.1" guid="_a025f7e0-b3a6-4e00-a4a4-9f3a0b69dd7d" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>Part 1</no><heading id="pt.1-he" guid="_cc7cb24a-45c4-4fea-81e7-d1e82e2e897d">Preliminary</heading><clause id="sec.1" guid="_ec69265a-dc06-4aa3-a709-7c55a58f7e37" provision.type="shorttitle" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>1</no><heading id="sec.1-he" guid="_ae8cf2d9-99cb-4c72-a0ac-cd61daddfeec">Short title</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This regulation may be cited as the <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="yes">Electoral and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause></part><part id="pt.2" guid="_f519913e-3036-4d1e-ba28-d685c5aa4e37" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>Part 2</no><heading id="pt.2-he" guid="_0da32e29-ee8e-446d-b5ad-25fa81380fc9">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-2013-0013" target.version.series="b7e12303-6253-4b7e-ac03-f28f6d5509e3" check="valid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="fromcontext">Electoral Regulation 2013</name></legref></heading><clause id="sec.2" guid="_08d45c9c-af44-4536-aafc-09e26c8abc58" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>2</no><heading id="sec.2-he" guid="_cf5fd903-cedf-4d87-9431-c60c6143d892">Regulation amended</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This part amends the <legref type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-2013-0013" target.version.series="b7e12303-6253-4b7e-ac03-f28f6d5509e3" check="valid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="yes">Electoral Regulation 2013</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.3" guid="_f911228a-3a07-48bf-a1fd-dfe301c138c2" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>3</no><heading id="sec.3-he" guid="_87d85bb4-1cef-4278-a5c4-69aa0b505aab">Replacement of <legref refid="sec.4A" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s&#160;4A</legref> (Approval of procedures for electronically assisted voting—<legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="fromcontext">Act</name></legref>, <legref refid="sec.121B" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s&#160;121B</legref>)</heading><block><txt break.before="0"><legref refid="sec.4A" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Section&#160;4A</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>omit, insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><clause id="sec.3-frag-sec.4A" guid="_d0a42329-96d6-4c89-8afa-9c8700e78698" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>4A</no><heading id="sec.3-frag-sec.4A-he" guid="_7143e25c-40b6-4bce-8a53-94dc9d36bd10">Approval of procedures for electronically assisted voting—<legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Act</legref>, <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s 121B</legref></heading><block><txt break.before="1">For <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">section 121B</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(3)</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(a)</legref> of the <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Act</legref>, the procedures set out in the document called ‘Procedure for electronically assisted voting for State elections, version 4.0’, made by the commission on 14 December 2023, are approved.</txt></block><note id="sec.3-frag-sec.4A-note" guid="_fa53ff67-710e-475a-8e78-722cec3cdd0c" type="example"><heading id="sec.3-frag-sec.4A-note-he" guid="_65ad13ed-a77d-49f2-8777-97cca76c81a4">Note—</heading><block><txt break.before="1">Under <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">section 121B</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(3)</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(c)</legref> of the <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Act</legref>, the procedures must be published on the commission’s website.</txt></block></note></clause></fragment></block></clause><clause id="sec.4" guid="_81ad5753-1d1a-4540-90ff-c58d7b113f16" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>4</no><heading id="sec.4-he" guid="_e1e4b47f-8ce2-4bb6-bf24-6b7b26d2357f">Replacement of <legref refid="sec.12" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s&#160;12</legref> (Approval of procedures for electronic lodgement of returns—<legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="fromcontext">Act</name></legref>, <legref refid="sec.315A" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s&#160;315A</legref>)</heading><block><txt break.before="0"><legref refid="sec.12" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Section&#160;12</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>omit, insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><clause id="sec.4-frag-sec.12" guid="_e08b26d6-2028-44d3-849e-0f5127b53663" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>12</no><heading id="sec.4-frag-sec.12-he" guid="_5c561e78-cd07-4d18-a998-b7af0ba87529">Approval of procedures for electronic lodgement of returns—<legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Act</legref>, <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s 315A</legref></heading><block><txt break.before="1">For <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">section 315A</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(2)</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(a)</legref> of the <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Act</legref>, the procedures set out in the document called ‘Procedure for electronic lodgement of returns, version 3.0’, made by the commission on 22 May 2023, are approved.</txt></block><note id="sec.4-frag-sec.12-note" guid="_47f3f321-8fe3-4f71-9f58-bde4039e50b3" type="example"><heading id="sec.4-frag-sec.12-note-he" guid="_a1e01ccc-26ca-4b92-8c65-7891ab9bec6d">Note—</heading><block><txt break.before="1">Under <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">section 315A</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(2)</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(c)</legref> of the <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Act</legref>, the procedures must be published on the commission’s website.</txt></block></note></clause></fragment></block></clause><clause id="sec.5" guid="_3b126ece-b067-41b0-bbef-5dcf00edc50d" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>5</no><heading id="sec.5-he" guid="_549327d1-b7f3-4532-a7a6-4d1885b17d2a">Replacement of <legref refid="sec.13" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s&#160;13</legref> (Approval of procedures for counting of absentee votes—<legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="fromcontext">Act</name></legref>, <legref refid="sec.130A" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s&#160;130A</legref>)</heading><block><txt break.before="0"><legref refid="sec.13" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Section&#160;13</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>omit, insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><clause id="sec.5-frag-sec.13" guid="_10cf982b-2d90-4d95-8d71-50867019a91c" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>13</no><heading id="sec.5-frag-sec.13-he" guid="_97548a53-b786-47d6-8600-2e4d5b3a90af">Approval of procedures for counting of absentee votes—<legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Act</legref>, <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s 130A</legref></heading><block><txt break.before="1">For <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">section 130A</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(3)</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(a)</legref> of the <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Act</legref>, the procedures about how absentee votes at an election are to be counted, set out in the document called ‘Procedures for counting of absentee votes for State elections and referendums, version 2.1’, made by the commission on 30 June 2023, are approved.</txt></block><note id="sec.5-frag-sec.13-note" guid="_480f6891-850c-4d49-b955-4a171a5fab3e" type="example"><heading id="sec.5-frag-sec.13-note-he" guid="_2994ecf3-6eb4-4441-af6b-9854f9ef7764">Note—</heading><block><txt break.before="1">Under <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">section 130A</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(3)</legref><legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(c)</legref> of the <legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Act</legref>, the procedures must be published on the commission’s website.</txt></block></note></clause></fragment></block></clause></part><part id="pt.3" guid="_5e0fbc5f-e10a-4bcf-a5ff-2e69f9618328" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>Part 3</no><heading id="pt.3-he" guid="_3730cb4d-2ca7-4be5-9887-a06c278aceda">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-2016-0003" target.version.series="f319b7c5-e7a2-41f5-b942-2aedc0972e45" check="valid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="fromcontext">Referendums Regulation 2016</name></legref></heading><clause id="sec.6" guid="_c4872e92-8a64-42b1-a880-7b31981df665" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>6</no><heading id="sec.6-he" guid="_403daa97-a471-4b64-a009-73ce3201f8a9">Regulation amended</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This part amends the <legref type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-2016-0003" target.version.series="f319b7c5-e7a2-41f5-b942-2aedc0972e45" check="valid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="yes">Referendums Regulation 2016</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.7" guid="_9a11f832-1daf-4c26-a66e-135ae9c49bd8" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>7</no><heading id="sec.7-he" guid="_28601213-f635-4b77-9d04-5c7668c4087d">Replacement of <legref refid="sec.3" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s&#160;3</legref> (Approval of procedures for counting of absentee votes—<legref check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="fromcontext">Act</name></legref>, <legref refid="sec.41A" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">s&#160;41A</legref>)</heading><block><txt break.before="0"><legref refid="sec.3" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">Section&#160;3</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>omit, insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><clause id="sec.7-frag-sec.3" guid="_70249e47-61d4-4185-90d2-0aa888b25560" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>3</no><heading id="sec.7-frag-sec.3-he" guid="_51547fa0-f81a-42ee-9dbf-868737ed1ef2">Approval of procedures for counting of absentee votes—Act, s 41A</heading><block><txt break.before="1">For section 41A(3)(a) of the Act, the procedures about how absentee votes at a referendum are to be counted, set out in the document called ‘Procedures for counting of absentee votes for State elections and referendums, version 2.1’, made by the commission on 30 June 2023, are approved.</txt></block><note id="sec.7-frag-sec.3-note" guid="_52df04b4-766f-490e-be5a-9e50965bb925" type="example"><heading id="sec.7-frag-sec.3-note-he" guid="_b3e8f3ab-c31e-4d3f-8622-9cf4807d2646">Note—</heading><block><txt break.before="1">Under section 41A(3)(c) of the Act, the procedures must be published on the commission’s website.</txt></block></note></clause></fragment></block></clause></part></body></wrapper></subordleg>