1AATransitional, savings, and related provisions Empowered by s 3AA
1Provisions relating to Electoral Amendment Act 2017
1Appointment of Registrar or Deputy Registrar
Any appointment of a Registrar or Deputy Registrar made before the commencement of this clause continues but may be revoked as if it had been made under section 22 (as replaced by section 7 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017).
2Notice of change of place of residence given but not dealt with
An applicant who gives notice under section 89C(2) before the commencement of this clause and whose notice has not, by the close of the day before the commencement of this clause, been dealt with under section 89C(5), (6), or (13), is for the purposes of section 89(1) an applicant for registration as an elector.
Notes
- Schedule 1AA clause 2: inserted, on , by section 112 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
2Provisions relating to Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Act 2020
3Interpretation
In this Part,—
Act means the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Act 2020
specified prisoner means a prisoner who—
- is received into a prison before the commencement of the Act to serve a sentence of imprisonment; and
- is not, after the commencement of the Act, disqualified under section 80(1)(d) for registration as an elector.
- is received into a prison before the commencement of the Act to serve a sentence of imprisonment; and
Notes
- Schedule 1AA clause 3: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 26).
4Prison manager to assist specified prisoners to register as electors
A prison manager must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the commencement of the Act, comply with sections 86A and 86B in respect of a specified prisoner as if the specified prisoner were a prisoner referred to in section 86A being received into the prison.
Notes
- Schedule 1AA clause 4: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 26).
3Provisions relating to Electoral Amendment Act 2022
5Transitional provision relating to annual return of party donations for year ending 31 December 2022
Despite sections 6 and 7 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022, sections 210 and 210A as in force immediately before 1 January 2023 continue to apply in respect of an annual return of party donations required to be filed by a party secretary with the Electoral Commission for the year ending on 31 December 2022.
Notes
- Schedule 1AA clause 5: inserted, on , by section 40(a) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 80).
6Transitional provision relating to party donations received from same donor over $30,000
Despite section 8 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022, section 210C as in force immediately before 1 January 2023 continues to apply on and after that date in respect of all party donations received before the close of 31 December 2022.
Notes
- Schedule 1AA clause 6: inserted, on , by section 40(a) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 80).


