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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Plebiscite (South East Council Amalgamation) Bill

Final Stages

The Legislative Council agreed to the bill with the amendments indicated by the following schedule, to which amendments the Legislative Council desires the concurrence of the House of Assembly:

No. 1. Clause 2, page 2, after line 23—Insert:

(4) Without limiting section 54 of the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999, the Electoral Commissioner must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after certifying in accordance with that section the result of a plebiscite held under this section, publish notice of the result of the plebiscite on a website maintained by the Electoral Commissioner.

Note—

This requires the publication of the result of the plebiscite in the District Council of Grant and the result of the plebiscite in the City of Mount Gambier.

No. 2. Schedule 1, page 3, table—After row relating to section 38 of Local Government (Elections) Act 1999 insert:

Section 47 After subsection (2) insert:(3) Despite subsection (2), in relation to a relevant poll, the returning officer must ensure that the arrangement of postal voting papers returned for the relevant poll is such that ballot papers are arranged into separate parcels for each ward of the council to which the relevant poll relates.
Section 52 After its present contents insert:(2) In counting votes cast in a relevant poll to determine the result, the returning officer must ensure that, in relation to each ward of a council to which the relevant poll relates, the number of electors for the ward who voted in support of, and the number of electors for the ward who voted against, the proposition submitted in the poll is determined (in addition to determining the result of the relevant poll for the council as a whole).(3) A provisional declaration of the result of a relevant poll must include details of the determination under subsection (2) for each ward of a council to which the relevant poll relates (being details of the number of electors for the ward who voted in support of, and the number of electors for the ward who voted against, the proposition).
Section 54 After 'result of the poll' insert:, which must, in relation to a relevant poll, include the details required to be included in the provisional declaration of the relevant poll under section 52(3)


Consideration in committee.

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: I move:

That the Legislative Council's amendments be agreed to.

Motion carried.

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