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The referendum or any statement showing the voting at the referendum is not invalidated merely because the Electoral Commissioner may not have strictly complied with a provision of section 33.

Regulations

"49. The regulations may prescribe all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Part and, in particular, prescribe penalties not exceeding $500 for offences against those regulations.".

Amendments of Schedules to the Principal Act

12. (1) Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by amending modifications of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (in this section called the "1918 Act") in that Schedule in accordance with Schedule 1 to this Act.

(2)     Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting modifications of the 1918 Act in that Schedule, and substituting modifications, in accordance with Schedule 2 to this Act.

(3)     Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting modifications of the 1918 Act in that Schedule in accordance with Schedule 3 to this Act.

(4)     Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by inserting in that Schedule modifications of the 1918 Act in accordance with Schedule 4 to this Act.

Addition of Schedules 3 and 4

13. The Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the Schedules set out in Schedules 5 and 6 of this Act.

Transitional—certain registered parties to provide membership list

  14. (1) In this section:

"information period" means the period of 30 days immediately after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

"reviewable party" means a registered party other than a Parliamentary party within the meaning of Part XI of the Electoral Act.

(2)     A reviewable party may, within the information period, give the Electoral Commission a written list of the names and addresses of at least 100 of the party's members within the meaning of Part XI of the Electoral Act.

(3)     If a reviewable party does not give a list of the party's members as provided for in subsection (2), the Electoral Commission must:

  (a)     de-register the party; and

    (b)     give written notice of the de-registration to the person who was the last registered officer of the party; and

    (c)     cause the particulars on the Register of Political Parties that relate to that party to be cancelled; and

  (d)     publish a notice of the de-registration in the Gazette.

Transitional—certain registered parties liable to de-registration

15. (1) Where, on the commencement of this Act, a person is a registered officer of 2 or more registered parties, the Commission must, as soon as practicable after that commencement, give the person notice in writing informing the person of the terms of subsection (2).

  (2) A registered party is