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<subordleg title="Local Government Electoral Regulation 2012" year.citation="2012" no="17" enabling.title="Local Government Electoral Act 2011" enabling.acts="act-2011-027" sub.leg.type="reg" amending="none" print.type="reprint" first.valid.date="2015-10-23T00:00:00+10:00" published.date="2012-02-10T00:00:00+10:00" published.how="website" published.ref="pp 280–1" stage.repeal="1" stage.repeal.original.date="2022-09-01T00:00:00+10:00" repealed.by="stagerepeal" repealing.id="act-1992-022" made.by.position="Governor in Council" id="sl-2012-0017" version.desc.id="0b1a4623-2787-4736-ac2f-cf8fc2881db7" version.series.id="bdf2b339-3f26-497c-9bb1-1d4dfd9f1e89" publication.date="2015-10-23" end.valid.date="2016-07-01" in.force="allinforce">
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		<subtitle id="cd-sut" guid="_5b5cf428-fff5-464a-a7da-9544bcb7c98d">Local Government Electoral Act 2011</subtitle>
	</coverdata>
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		<front id="frnt" guid="_73153d73-8ac6-4074-be1b-369cd3e272de">
			<shorttitle id="frnt-st" guid="_59d995db-2aae-4437-ae0f-72aff97651d8">Local Government Electoral Regulation 2012</shorttitle>
		</front>
		<body numbering.style="manual">
			<clause id="sec.1" guid="_8e45ac4c-edc1-418c-a95c-4379fb06c869" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other">
				<no>1</no>
				<heading id="sec.1-he" guid="_87b777c2-da5d-4305-bb37-d698eea32d2f">Short title</heading>
				<block>
					<txt break.before="1">This regulation may be cited as the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="sl-2012-0017" target.version.series="bdf2b339-3f26-497c-9bb1-1d4dfd9f1e89" check="valid">
							<name emphasis="yes">Local Government Electoral Regulation 2012</name>
						</legref>.</txt>
				</block>
			</clause>
			<clause id="sec.2" guid="_e3d80437-d434-4d61-9838-1fc3b8cab6a6" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other">
				<no>2</no>
				<heading id="sec.2-he" guid="_4e8a3988-a627-44a8-a863-7b57539dffef">Date of quadrennial election for 2016</heading>
				<block>
					<txt break.before="1">For <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.23" target.doc.id="UNKNOWN" check="invalid">section 23</legref>
						<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.23-ssec.3" target.doc.id="UNKNOWN" check="invalid">(3)</legref> of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="UNKNOWN" check="invalid">Act</legref>, the day fixed for the quadrennial election for 2016 is 19 March 2016.</txt>
				</block>
				<historynote>
					<txt break.before="1">
						<b>
							<intref refid="sec.2" target.guid="_e3d80437-d434-4d61-9838-1fc3b8cab6a6" check="valid">s&#160;2</intref>
						</b> sub <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="sl-2014-0290" target.version.series="a9b2afde-22bb-4110-ac3b-f3a7a7b9cb58" valid.date="as.made" check="valid">2014 SL&#160;No.&#160;290</legref>
						<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.16" target.doc.id="sl-2014-0290" valid.date="as.made" check="invalid"> s&#160;16</legref>
					</txt>
				</historynote>
			</clause>
			<clause id="sec.3" guid="_ca431f6a-261d-4d94-a75f-9796df7b9a4c" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other">
				<no>3</no>
				<heading id="sec.3-he" guid="_3dcdb03d-c58e-4978-bd31-ba4b158f174c">Electors who may cast an electronically assisted vote—Act, <intref check="invalid">s 68</intref>
					<intref check="invalid">(5B)</intref>
					<intref check="invalid">(c)</intref>
				</heading>
				<subclause id="sec.3-ssec.1" guid="_0822d9da-a164-4f8f-91ab-e2bc8c0d1c82" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other">
					<no>(1)</no>
					<block>
						<txt break.before="1">For <intref check="invalid">section 68</intref>
							<intref check="invalid">(5B)</intref>
							<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.68-ssec.5B-para1.c" target.doc.id="UNKNOWN" check="invalid">(c)</legref> of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="UNKNOWN" check="invalid">Act</legref>, the following classes of electors are prescribed—</txt>
						<list number.type="manual" unnumbered.indent="0">
							<li id="sec.3-ssec.1-para1.a" guid="_04c5ea31-5b14-4a8a-9c47-3ccadb53758d" provision.type="other">
								<no>(a)</no>
								<block>
									<txt break.before="1">special postal voters;</txt>
								</block>
							</li>
							<li id="sec.3-ssec.1-para1.b" guid="_14d39e4b-f1c6-42a0-921d-16512a504d9f" provision.type="other">
								<no>(b)</no>
								<block>
									<txt break.before="1">distance voters.</txt>
								</block>
							</li>
						</list>
					</block>
				</subclause>
				<subclause id="sec.3-ssec.2" guid="_085b3157-a887-4dae-9ebc-42833bbcfcda" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other">
					<no>(2)</no>
					<block>
						<txt break.before="1">In this section—</txt>
						<deflist>
							<definition id="sec.3-ssec.2-def.distancevoter_" guid="_b7e24673-4135-4e15-bd36-77a84f2d1726" affected.by.uncommenced="0">
								<txt break.before="1">
									<defterm id="sec.3-ssec.2-def.distancevoter" guid="_56fe0b4b-b3f8-4ed0-aabe-02e2557dff35" type="definition">
										<i>
											<b>distance voter</b>
										</i>
									</defterm> means an elector whose address, as shown on the voters roll, is more than 20km, by the nearest practicable route, from a polling booth.</txt>
							</definition>
						</deflist>
					</block>
				</subclause>
				<historynote>
					<txt break.before="1">
						<b>
							<intref refid="sec.3" target.guid="_ca431f6a-261d-4d94-a75f-9796df7b9a4c" check="valid">s&#160;3</intref>
						</b> prev <intref refid="sec.3" target.guid="_ca431f6a-261d-4d94-a75f-9796df7b9a4c" check="valid">s&#160;3</intref> sub <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="sl-2014-0290" target.version.series="a9b2afde-22bb-4110-ac3b-f3a7a7b9cb58" valid.date="as.made" check="valid">2014 SL&#160;No.&#160;290</legref>
						<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.16" target.doc.id="sl-2014-0290" valid.date="as.made" check="invalid"> s&#160;16</legref>
					</txt>
				</historynote>
				<historynote>
					<txt break.before="1">om <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2015-002" target.version.series="a81b0b9f-8158-43ab-85e5-d3294a88eec3" valid.date="as.made" check="valid">2015 Act&#160;No.&#160;2</legref>
						<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.44" target.doc.id="act-2015-002" valid.date="as.made" check="invalid"> s&#160;44</legref>
					</txt>
				</historynote>
				<historynote>
					<txt break.before="1">pres <intref refid="sec.3" target.guid="_ca431f6a-261d-4d94-a75f-9796df7b9a4c" check="valid">s&#160;3</intref> ins <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="sl-2015-0143" target.version.series="5d2da233-279c-4f53-bf67-92a2e2ce6d38" valid.date="as.made" check="valid">2015 SL&#160;No.&#160;143 </legref>
						<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.3" target.doc.id="sl-2015-0143" valid.date="as.made" check="invalid">s&#160;3</legref>
					</txt>
				</historynote>
			</clause>
			<clause id="sec.4" guid="_a18298b3-5c1a-446f-961e-2f27969206ef" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other">
				<no>4</no>
				<heading id="sec.4-he" guid="_aaedd754-ce84-47cd-a3b3-2b5226e92e53">Approval of procedure for electronically assisted voting—Act, <intref check="invalid">s 75A</intref>
					<intref check="invalid">(3)</intref>
					<intref check="invalid">(a)</intref>
				</heading>
				<block>
					<txt break.before="1">For <intref check="invalid">section 75A</intref>
						<intref check="invalid">(3)</intref>
						<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.75A-ssec.3-para1.a" target.doc.id="UNKNOWN" check="invalid">(a)</legref> of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="UNKNOWN" check="invalid">Act</legref>, the procedures set out in the document called ‘‘Electronically assisted voting procedures’ for local government elections’ made by the electoral commission on 8 September 2015 are approved.</txt>
				</block>
				<historynote>
					<txt break.before="1">
						<b>
							<intref refid="sec.4" target.guid="_a18298b3-5c1a-446f-961e-2f27969206ef" check="valid">s&#160;4</intref>
						</b> ins <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="sl-2015-0143" target.version.series="5d2da233-279c-4f53-bf67-92a2e2ce6d38" valid.date="as.made" check="valid">2015 SL&#160;No.&#160;143</legref>
						<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.3" target.doc.id="sl-2015-0143" valid.date="as.made" check="invalid"> s&#160;3</legref>
					</txt>
				</historynote>
			</clause>
		</body>
	</wrapper>
</subordleg>