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📜 Electoral Amendment (Names of Registered Political Parties) Bill 2024

Assented toLABill 1925 November 2024

This Bill amends the Electoral Act 1907 to strengthen requirements for registering political party names, preventing similar names and reducing voter confusion. It ensures new parties don't use names or abbreviations already in use by registered parties without consent, with some exceptions.

Impact

Political parties, particularly new or emerging ones, are affected. Voters benefit from clearer distinctions between parties. It matters because it aims to ensure voters accurately identify and support their intended party.

Key Changes

["Requires Electoral Commissioner to refuse registration if a party's name/abbreviation contains a word from an existing party's name/abbreviation without consent.", "Defines 'application abbreviation', 'registered abbreviation', 'registered name', 'application name' and 'word' within the Act.", "Introduces transitional provisions for existing parties and ongoing applications to comply with the new naming rules."]

Parliamentary Progress

  1. LA Second Reading MovedLA5 Nov 2024
  2. LA IntroducedLA5 Nov 2024
  3. LA Consideration in DetailLA6 Nov 2024
  4. LC Second Reading MovedLC6 Nov 2024
  5. LA Third ReadingLA6 Nov 2024
  6. LA Second Reading AgreedLA6 Nov 2024
  7. LC Second Reading AgreedLC13 Nov 2024
  8. LC Third ReadingLC14 Nov 2024
  9. Royal Assent15 Nov 2024
Affected Sectors
public_sector

Penalty Provisions1 found

unclear
246Unclearcross reference

Application of offence under s. 62Q(1)

Ref: 62Q(1)

“246. Application of offence under s. 62Q(1)”

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