Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017A00099:clause:1_110b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017A00099
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 110B
Character Range: 38510–39942

110B  Objects of this Part
 (1) The objects of this Part are to promote free and informed voting at referendums by enhancing the following:
 (a) the transparency of the electoral system as it relates to referendums, by allowing voters to know who is communicating referendum matter;
 (b) the accountability of those persons participating in public debate relating to referendum matter, by making those persons responsible for their communications;
 (c) the traceability of communications of referendum matter, by ensuring that obligations imposed by this Part in relation to those communications can be enforced.
 (2) This Part aims to achieve these objects by doing the following:
 (a) requiring the particulars of the person who authorised the communication of referendum matter to be notified if:
 (i) the matter is an advertisement relating to a referendum, all or part of whose distribution or production is paid for; or
 (ii) the matter forms part of a specified printed communication; or
 (iii) the matter is communicated by, or on behalf of, a disclosure entity;
 (b) ensuring that the particulars are clearly identifiable, irrespective of how the matter is communicated.
 (3) This Part is not intended to detract from:
 (a) the ability of referendum matters to be communicated to voters; and
 (b) voters' ability to communicate with each other on referendum matters.

Division 2—Authorisation of certain referendum matter