Senate debates

Thursday, 10 February 2022

Bills

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Foreign Influences and Offences) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Authorisations) Bill 2022, Electoral Legislation Amendment (COVID Enfranchisement) Bill 2022; Second Reading

5:35 pm

Photo of Katy GallagherKaty Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—I move opposition amendments on sheet 1556:

Opposition's circulated amendments

(1) Schedule 1, item 2, page 4 (after line 5), after subsection 321D(5A), insert:

(5B) If an abbreviation (the registered abbreviation) of the name of an entity is entered in the Register of Political Parties and the entity is:

(a) a registered political party that has a registered branch or division; or

(b) a registered branch or division of a registered political party;

then, for the purposes of items 1 and 2 of the table in subsection (5), the required particulars of the name of the entity are taken to be either:

(c) the particulars referred to in paragraph (5A)(a); or

(d) the registered abbreviation.

(2) Schedule 1, item 4, page 5 (after line 11), after subsection 110C(5A), insert:

(5B) If an abbreviation (the registered abbreviation) of the name of an entity is entered in the Register of Political Parties under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the entity is:

(a) a registered political party (within the meaning of that Act) that has a registered branch or division; or

(b) a registered branch or division of a registered political party (within the meaning of that Act);

then, for the purposes of items 1 and 2 of the table in subsection (5), the required particulars of the name of the entity are taken to be either:

(c) the particulars referred to in paragraph (5A)(a); or

(d) the registered abbreviation.

(3) Schedule 1, item 8, page 7 (after line 12), after subsection 79A(6A), insert:

(6B) If an abbreviation (the registered abbreviation) of the name of an entity is entered in the Register of Political Parties under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the entity is:

(a) a registered political party that has a registered branch or division; or

(b) a registered branch or division of a registered political party;

then, for the purposes of item 1 of the table in subsection (6), the required particulars of the name of the entity are taken to be either:

(c) the particulars referred to in paragraph (6A)(a); or

(d) the registered abbreviation.

(4) Schedule 1, item 11, page 8 (after line 22), after subclause 1(3) of Schedule 2, insert:

(4) If an abbreviation (the registered abbreviation) of the name of an entity is entered in the Register of Political Parties under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the entity is:

(a) a registered political party that has a registered branch or division; or

(b) a registered branch or division of a registered political party;

then, for the purposes of item 1 of the table in subclause (2), the required particulars of the name of the entity in paragraph (3)(a) are taken to be either:

(c) the particulars referred to in paragraph (3)(a); or

(d) the registered abbreviation.

(5) Schedule 1, item 14, page 9 (after line 32), after subsection 70A(6A), insert:

(6B) If an abbreviation (the registered abbreviation) of the name of an entity is entered in the Register of Political Parties under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the entity is:

(a) a registered political party that has a registered branch or division; or

(b) a registered branch or division of a registered political party;

then, for the purposes of item 1 of the table in subsection (6), the required particulars of the name of the entity are taken to be either:

(c) the particulars referred to in paragraph (6A)(a); or

(d) the registered abbreviation.

Question agreed to.