Schedules

Schedule 1Voter identification

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1

Section 61 (other voting offences) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (6), after “deemed to have voted” insert “(but see subsection (6ZA))”.

3

After subsection (6) insert—

6ZA

For the purpose of determining whether an application for a ballot paper constitutes an offence under any of the multiple voting provisions, a previous application is to be disregarded if the applicant’s failure to vote on that occasion resulted only from a failure to produce satisfactory proof of identity.

6ZB

In subsection (6ZA), “the multiple voting provisions” means subsections (2)(a)(i), (2A)(a) to (c), (3)(a)(i) and (3A)(a) to (c).