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<subordleg title="Referendums Regulation 2016" year.published="2016" year.citation="2016" no="3" pco.reg.ref="S15_0415" publication.date="2017-09-13" enabling.title="Referendums Act 1997" enabling.acts="act-1997-011" sub.leg.type="reg" amending="none" print.type="reprint" first.valid.date="2016-01-29T00:00:00+10:00" published.how="website" stage.repeal="1" stage.repeal.original.date="2026-09-01T00:00:00+10:00" repealed.by="stagerepeal" repealing.id="act-1992-022" initial.admin.dept="Department of Justice and Attorney-General" id="sl-2016-0003" version.desc.id="7a067f24-2de7-4507-9c8e-4a5437943f45" version.series.id="f319b7c5-e7a2-41f5-b942-2aedc0972e45" in.force="allinforce" end.valid.date="2020-02-14"><coverdata id="cd" guid="_e2b166e9-dc4d-4e27-964a-4c157a8e840b"><subtitle id="cd-sut" guid="_f6ed16a7-bc35-4fc9-9877-d73cf991f6b8">Referendums Act 1997</subtitle><subtitle id="cd-sut-oc.2" guid="_3563e1e4-ee05-413d-ac07-97756bb31bf1"/></coverdata><wrapper><front id="frnt" guid="_9f4c21e8-07d0-4d8a-b104-9802b1a5d036"><shorttitle id="frnt-st" guid="_abe89dbf-3f72-44d5-9c7f-3b8764e9e676">Referendums Regulation 2016</shorttitle></front><body numbering.style="manual"><clause id="sec.1" guid="_5d9e33a7-a572-417f-8142-71e45e78fc4f" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="shorttitle"><no>1</no><heading id="sec.1-he" guid="_62db54da-9536-493b-b8ad-3f7daaa75123">Short title</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This regulation may be cited as the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="subordleg" check="valid" target.doc.id="sl-2016-0003" target.version.series="f319b7c5-e7a2-41f5-b942-2aedc0972e45"><name emphasis="yes">Referendums Regulation 2016</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.2" guid="_d70d19a2-0cd7-4e3f-b74e-5b854e53167c" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>2</no><heading id="sec.2-he" guid="_a69f6cad-72db-457e-aa16-e5f7c49468d8">Electors who may make an electronically assisted vote—<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-1997-011" target.version.series="0127f9d7-e4d3-4d08-8184-2bb0036db76a" check="valid">Act</legref>, <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.32A" target.doc.id="act-1997-011" target.version.series="0127f9d7-e4d3-4d08-8184-2bb0036db76a" check="valid" target.guid="_ca1e9e77-9468-4e36-9fef-8186b316aae6">s&#160;32A</legref></heading><subclause id="sec.2-ssec.1" guid="_18058ed9-9e4f-4cea-bb29-32ce8b7cee31" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(1)</no><block><txt break.before="0">For <intref refid="sec.32A" check="invalid">section&#160;32A</intref>(c) of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-1997-011" target.version.series="0127f9d7-e4d3-4d08-8184-2bb0036db76a" check="valid">Act</legref>, the prescribed classes of electors are—</txt><list number.type="manual" unnumbered.indent="0"><li id="sec.2-ssec.1-para1.a" guid="_0f0769d1-02c4-45fb-a0eb-8ef9f44db0f2" provision.type="other"><no>(a)</no><block><txt break.before="0">special postal voters; and</txt></block></li><li id="sec.2-ssec.1-para1.b" guid="_2fb2044d-8c4f-451b-8e2d-4ff48a973c9d" provision.type="other"><no>(b)</no><block><txt break.before="0">distance voters.</txt></block></li></list></block></subclause><subclause id="sec.2-ssec.2" guid="_1c943993-394a-4611-a510-90914611e7ba" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(2)</no><block><txt break.before="0">In this section—</txt><deflist><block><txt break.before="1"><defterm id="sec.2-def.distancevotermeansanelectorwhoseaddressasshownonanelectoralrollismorethan20kmbythenearestpracticableroutefromapollingbooth" guid="_8c431be4-f5f7-4744-8eed-24249787483a" type="definition">distance voter means an elector whose address, as shown on an electoral roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practicable route from a polling booth.</defterm></txt></block></deflist></block></subclause></clause><clause id="sec.3" guid="_57293440-4d70-42bb-bcbf-fa11e5706c34" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>3</no><heading id="sec.3-he" guid="_97d08559-1c46-48b7-be8c-2f04df1d4bb0">Approval of procedure for electronically assisted voting—<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-1997-011" target.version.series="0127f9d7-e4d3-4d08-8184-2bb0036db76a" check="valid">Act</legref>, <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.32B" target.doc.id="act-1997-011" target.version.series="0127f9d7-e4d3-4d08-8184-2bb0036db76a" check="valid" target.guid="_fb3b2509-d688-4964-9de8-82b433a49556">s&#160;32B</legref></heading><block><txt break.before="1">For <intref refid="sec.32B" check="invalid">section&#160;32B</intref>(3)(a) of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-1997-011" target.version.series="0127f9d7-e4d3-4d08-8184-2bb0036db76a" check="valid">Act</legref>, the procedures stated in the document called “‘Electronically assisted voting procedures’ for Referendums” made by the commission on 23 December 2015 are approved.</txt></block></clause></body></wrapper></subordleg>