Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1)
Section 100(1)(a) and (b) are deleted and the following paragraph is
inserted instead —
“
(a) appoint such polling places for regions and districts
as the Electoral Commissioner considers necessary;
”.
(2)
Section 100(1)(i) is amended by deleting “or (b) or under
subsection (3)”.
(3)
Section 100(3) is repealed and the following subsections are inserted
instead —
“
(3) If a polling place
is appointed under subsection (1) for all regions, or all districts, for
the purposes of a general election, that polling
place is referred to as a "general polling place".
(3a) The Electoral
Commissioner may, in relation to a general polling place, perform the
functions of the Returning Officers for the regions, or districts, under the
provisions listed in the Table to this subsection.
Table of provisions
|
section 102 |
section 112(3) |
|
section 105(1) |
section 115(1a) |
|
section 106(2) |
section 116 |
|
section 107(1) |
section 132 |
|
section 110 |
section 141(4) |
(3b) References in
this Act to the Returning Officer may be read as references to the Electoral
Commissioner where necessary for the purposes of subsection (3a).
”.