Defined terms
Defined terms Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined term Provision(s)
above-the-line square 4(1)
absent voter 4(1)
absent voting 97I(1)
absolute majority of votes 144(3)
acceptable action 175R(1AA), 175SAA
acceptable action period 175SAA
accountable person 4(1)
advertise 75(1)
affected party 62J(6)
affiliate fee 175
agent 175
amalgamated roll 4(1), 76AD(1)
amended Part 6 Division 2A 218
amending provisions 215
amendment period 76AB(2)
amount 175
amount change day 218
application abbreviation 62J(1)
application for continued registration 217(1)
application name 62J(1)
appropriate donor information 175SAA
approved form 4(1)
approved procedures 101
Assembly 4(1)
assistant returning officer 4(1)
associated entity 175
Australian citizen 4(1)
Australian Electoral Officer 31(6)
authorised deposit-taking institution 175LL, 233(2)
authorised officer 175W(1)
automated 146I(6)
available day 71(1), 91(1)
average district enrolment 16A, 16G(1)
ballot Sch. 2
ballot paper 156D(14), Sch. 1
ballot paper packet 146G(1)
below-the-line square 4(1)
Breach or neglect of official duty 180
bribery 181
broadcast 175
business day 4(1)
campaign committee 175
campaigner terminating event 175LV(1)
candidate 4(1)
candidate terminating event 175LR(1)
capped expenditure period 175
certain document 211A(1)
chief executive officer, prisons 59(1)
claim 43(1)
claim voter 98
close of nominations 4(1)
close of the roll 4(1)
commencement day 43(1), 215, 218, 224, 235(1)
Commissioners 16A
Commission website 4(1)
Commonwealth elector 43(1)
complies with the relevant name requirements 238(1), 243(1)
compulsory party levy 175
conjoint election 4(1)
consenting candidate 156D(1)
constitution 4(1)
continuing candidate Sch. 1
Council 4(1)
Council ballot paper 4(1)
Council election 4(1)
counting place 4(1)
CPI number 175AC(1)
declaration voter 98
Deputy Electoral Commissioner 4(1)
designated entrance 4(1)
directed officer 142A(1)
disclose 4(1)
disclosure document 175T(1)
disposition of property 175
distributor 89C(2)
district 4(1)
division 175
document 149B
donor 175R(1AA), 175SAA
earlier registered word 241(1)
earliest registered party 241(2)
early polling place 4(1)
early voting days 4(1)
elected member 4(1)
elected non-party member 220(1)
election 4(1), 17(2), 175LA(1), 175Q(6)
election campaign worker 4(1)
election period 62C(1)
election year 4(1)
elector 4(1)
electoral address 4(1)
Electoral Commissioner 4(1), 5B(1)
electoral expenditure 175, 175AA(1), 175SR(1), 233(1)
electoral material 187(1A)
electoral matter 175
electoral paper 191(3)
eligible candidate 175LCC(1)
eligible elector 101
eligible political party 62C(1)
eligible SCA nominee 175LL
eligible vote 175LA(1)
endorsed candidate 4(1)
enrolled 4(1), 40A
enrolment information 4(1)
enrolment officer 4(1)
error notice 4(1), 89F(2)
excluded day 71(1)
existing party 62J(1), 215
expenditure cap 175SG
expenditure disclosure period 175SAG
expiry year 4(1)
external place 98G(1)
financial controller 175
first card 89D(3)
first district 35A(4)
foreign contribution 175
foreign donor 175
former provisions 215
general election 4(1), 175
general postal voter 4(1), 61(1)
gift 175, 175AB(1) and (2)
Government Statistician 16A
group 4(1)
group claim 80(1)
group terminating event 175LL, 175LT(1)
higher reimbursement amount 175, 175LB(1), 218
how-to-vote card 4(1), 89A(1)
identified error 89F(2)
illegal practices 4(1), 187(1)
inclusivity principle 5I(1)
independent auditor 101C(1)
independent candidate 218
infringement notice 155AB
in order 43(1)
input tax credit 175LG(2)
issuing officer 4(1)
journal 175
LA by-election cap 175
LA candidate cap amount 175
lack of capacity notice 4(1), 206A(3)
Land Information Authority 16A
large district allowance 16G(4)
LC by-election cap amount 175
LC candidate cap amount 175
lodgment period 218
lower reimbursement amount 175, 175LB(2)
management actions 175SAA
medical practitioner 100K(1)
member terminating event 175LS(1)
mental impairment 4(1)
Mental Impairment Review Tribunal registrar 59(1)
mobile voting officer 4(1)
mobile voting place 4(1)
mobile voting times 4(1)
modified penalty 156(6) and (13A)
name 94B(1)
new address 35A(3)
nominated person 98F(2), 100I(2), 102D(2)
non-participating candidate 156D(14)
non-party candidate 4(1)
non-party group 175
non-party opt-in request 175LCA(1)
officer 4(1)
official agent 4(1)
official documents 175SAA
official paper 4(1), 94A(2)
ongoing application 235(1)
original election 156A.
original notice 90A(1)
parent body 62C(4)
parliamentary party 4(1)
participation day 175LL, 233(2)
party agents register 175F(1)
party group 175
party nomination 81A(1)
party opt-in request 175LC(1)
party terminating event 175LU(1)
penalty notice 155AB
periodic election 4(1)
permitted 175SG, 175SH(1), (2) and (3)
permitted purpose 4(1)
person with judicial experience 16A
place to vote 4(1)
political contribution 175
political entity 175
political gift 199A(2)
political party 4(1)
political purpose 175
polling day 4(1)
polling day 69
polling place 4(1)
postal application period 100
postal ballot paper 4(1), 100D(2)
postal vote application 100, 100B(1)
postal voter 100D(1)
postal voting 4(1)
post-change election 218
pre-commencement elected non-party member 220(1)
pre-commencement registered party 218
preferenced group 146EC(1)
preparation period 76AA(2)
prepared 155AB
prescribed manner 140(3), 146E(9)
President 4(1)
presiding officer 4(1)
previous amount 175AC(1)
previous electoral distribution 215
previously elected member 156D(14)
previous supplementary roll 76AC(2)
primary residential address 4(1)
principal 175K(1)
principal officer 175
prison 4(1)
prisoner 59(1)
property 175
protected information 62AF(1)
provisional voting 97I(1)
public agency 175
public body name 62J(1)
publish 191A(4)
qualified person 156A.
received information 35A(1)
recipient 175R(1)
referendum 4(1)
registered abbreviation 62J(1)
registered how-to-vote card 4(1)
registered name 62J(1)
registered officer 4(1)
registered person 175SW(1)
registered political party 4(1)
registered third-party campaigner 175
register extract 4(1), 62A(1)
register of electors 4(1), 19(1)
register of political parties 4(1), 215
Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages 4(1)
registration period 89C(1)
relevant action 5B(11)
relevant affected party 62J(6A)
relevant amount 175AC(1)
relevant ballot paper 97I(1)
relevant citizenship law 4(1)
relevant day 16A, 17(2)
relevant details 175M(1)
relevant district 17(2)
relevant document 238(4)
relevant election 175O(2), 175Q(4), 220(1)
relevant information 62AB(1), 238(4)
relevant member 220(2)
relevant number 4(1)
relevant party 242(2)
relevant period 88(1A), 191A(4)
relevant place 100K(1)
relevant political entity 175LM(2), 175R(1AA)
relevant registered party 241(1)
relevant risk 51B(1)
relevant word 237(2)
replacement how-to-vote card 89E(1)
required information 59(1)
response date 155AB
response period 237(3), 242(3)
responsible person 175
returning officer 4(1)
roll 4(1)
scrutineer 4(1)
second card 89D(3)
second district 35A(4)
secretary 4(1)
section 175LN notice 233(1)
silent elector 4(1)
single member election 4(1)
Speaker 4(1)
specified 156AA(3), 234(1)
specified amount 175
specified name 94B(3)
State campaign account 175LL, 233(2)
State party 62C(4)
suitable to be registered 4(1), 89B(1) and (2)
supervised person 59(1)
supplementary roll 4(1)
surplus votes Sch. 1
technology assisted voting 101
third-party campaigner 175
third-party campaigners register 175, 175SS(1)
third-party general cap amount 175
third-party LC cap amount 175
tied candidates 144(2), 145(3), Sch. 1
transitional matter 234(1)
transmitted 211A(1), 247(1)
unamended Act 224
undue influence 184
unlawful amount 175SO(1)
vacancy 156A.
valid and sufficient reason 156(1A)
vote as a provisional voter 97
voter 98
vote record 4(1), 101B(1)
voting area 4(1)
voting day 192(1)
whole of State electorate 4(1), 16C(1)
word 62J(1)
writ 4(1)
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