455
In forceCurrent audit of preselection ballot
Part 13Transitional provisions
Division 13Transitional provisions for Electoral Laws (Restoring Electoral Fairness) Amendment Act 2026
455 Current audit of preselection ballot
(1)
This section applies if—
(a)
before the commencement, the commission gave a notice under former section 172(1) to the registered officer of a political party that a preselection ballot was to be audited; and
(b)
immediately before the commencement, the commission had not given a report to the Minister under former section 172(5) identifying the preselection ballot as having been examined under former section 172.
(2)
Despite their repeal—
(a)
former section 172 continues to apply in relation to the audit; and
(b)
former section 173 applies in relation to a report given to the Minister identifying the preselection ballot.
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