Short title | Number and year | Assent | Commencement | Miscellaneous |
Electoral Act 1907 | 27 of 1907 | 20 December 1907 | 1 March 1908 (see section 2) | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1911 | 44 of 1911 | 16 February 1911 | 1 May 1911 (see section 1) | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1912 | 56 of 1912
(Repealed by No. 5 of 1918, s.6) | 30 December 1912 | 30 December 1912 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1918 | 5 of 1918
(as amended by No. 59 of 1919, s.6) | 18 March 1918 | 18 March 1918 | |
Electoral Amendment Act 1919 | 59 of 1919 | 17 December 1919 | 17 December 1919 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1921 | 7 of 1921 | 26 October 1921 | 26 October 1921 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1931 | 38 of 1931 | 3 December 1931 | 3 December 1931 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1934 | 39 of 1934 | 4 January 1935 | 4 January 1935 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1936 | 10 of 1936 | 3 December 1936 | 3 December 1936 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1940 | 18 of 1940 | 29 November 1940 | 29 November 1940 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 3) 1940 | 47 of 1940 | 30 December 1940 | 30 December 1940 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1948 | 63 of 1948 | 21 January 1949 | Proclaimed
27 May 1949 (see section 1 and Gazette 27 May 1949 p.1133) | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1949 | 26 of 1949 | 22 October 1949 | 22 October 1949 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1951 | 58 of 1951 | 7 January 1952 | 7 January 1952 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1952 | 57 of 1952 | 23 December 1952 | 23 December 1952 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1953 | 34 of 1953 | 18 December 1953 | 18 December 1953 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1957 | 53 of 1957 | 6 December 1957 | Proclaimed
14 February 1958 (see section 2 and Gazette 14 February 1958 p.244) | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 3) 1959 | 59 of 1959 | 3 December 1959 | Proclaimed 15 January 1960 (see section 2 and Gazette 15 January 1960 p.35) | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1962 | 51 of 1962 | 20 November 1962 | 20 November 1962 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1964 | 33 of 1964 | 3 November 1964 | Proclaimed 31 December 1964 (see section 2 and Gazette 24 December 1964 p.4094) | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 3) 1964 | 68 of 1964 | 4 December 1964 | Proclaimed 31 December 1964 (see section 2 and Gazette 24 December 1964 p.4094) | |
Decimal Currency Act 1965 | 113 of 1965 | 21 December 1965 | Sections 4 to 9: 14 February 1966 (see section 2); balance: 21 December 1965 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1967 | 33 of 1967 | 17 November 1967 | Proclaimed 24 November 1967 (see section 2 and Gazette 24 November 1967 p.3195) | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act 1970 | 28 of 1970 | 20 May 1970 | Proclaimed 1 November 1970 (see section 2 and Gazette 30 October 1970 p.3343) | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1970 | 94 of 1970 | 30 November 1970 | Proclaimed 5 December 1970 (see section 2 and Gazette 4 December 1970 p.3705) | |
Metric Conversion Act 1972
(The Schedule to Act No. 94 of 1972 was redesignated as the First Schedule by No. 19 of 1973) | 94 of 1972 | 4 December 1972 | The relevant amendments, as set out in the First Schedule, took effect on 1 January 1974 (see section 4(2) and Gazette 7 December 1973 p.4490) | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1973 | 70 of 1973 | 6 December 1973 | Proclaimed
1 January 1974 (see section 2 and Gazette 28 December 1973 p.4725) | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1976 | 129 of 1976 | 9 December 1976 | 9 December 1976 | |
Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979 | 39 of 1979 | 25 October 1979 | Proclaimed 23 November 1979 (see section 2 and Gazette 23 November 1979 p.3635) | |
Acts Amendment (Master, Supreme Court) Act 1979,
Part XI | 67 of 1979 | 21 November 1979 | Proclaimed 11 February 1980 (see section 2 and Gazette 8 February 1980 p.383) | |
Electoral Amendment Act 1980 | 52 of 1980 | 19 November 1980 | 19 November 1980 | |
Electoral Amendment Act 1982 | 31 of 1982 | 27 May 1982 | Proclaimed 11 October 1982 (see section 2 and Gazette 10 September 1982 p.3637) | |
Electoral Amendment Act (No. 2) 1982 | 123 of 1982 | 10 December 1982 | 10 December 1982 | |
Electoral Amendment Act 1983 | 9 of 1983 | 29 September 1983 | Sections 1 to 4 and 6 to 28 proclaimed 1 November 1983 (see section 2 and Gazette 14 October 1983 p.4147);
section 5 proclaimed 7 October 1983
(see section 2 and Gazette 7 October 1983 p.4066);
Part III (sections 29 to 31) proclaimed 26 January 1984
(see section 2 and Gazette 18 November 1983 p.4559) | |
Electoral Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983 | 54 of 1983 | 13 December 1983 | 13 December 1983 | |
Electoral Amendment Act (No. 3) 1983 | 66 of 1983 | 22 December 1983 | Proclaimed 26 January 1984 (see section 2 and Gazette 20 January 1984 p.119) | |
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1984,
Part VI | 28 of 1984 | 31 May 1984 | 1 July 1984 (see section 2 and Gazette 15 June 1984 p.1629) | |
Electoral Amendment Act 1984 | 76 of 1984 | 26 November 1984 | Proclaimed
24 December 1984 (see section 2 and Gazette 21 December 1984 p.4173) | |
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Disqualification for Parliament) Act 1984,
Part VII | 78 of 1984 | 14 November 1984 | Proclaimed
1 July 1985 (see section 2 and Gazette 17 May 1985 p.1671) | |
Electoral Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985 | 104 of 1985 | 7 December 1985 | Deemed operative 1 May 1987
(see section 3 of
Act No. 1 of 1987 and Commonwealth Special Gazette 68 of 1987) | |
Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987,
Part IV | 40 of 1987 | 12 July 1987 | Proclaimed 30 October 1987 (see section 2 and Gazette 30 October 1987 p.3977) | |
Electoral (Procedures) Amendment Act 1987 | 79 of 1987 | 1 December 1987 | Proclaimed 16 February 1988 (see section 2 and Gazette 16 February 1988 p.477) | |
Electoral Amendment Act 1988 | 20 of 1988 | 9 September 1988 | 9 September 1988 | |
Electoral Amendment Act (No. 2) 1988 | 58 of 1988 | 8 December 1988 | 27 January 1989 (see section 2 and Gazette 27 January 1989 p.264) | |
Guardianship and Administration Act 1990,
section 123 (item 6 of Schedule 4) | 24 of 1990 | 7 September 1990 | Proclaimed 20 October 1992 (see section 2 and Gazette 2 October 1992 p.4811) | |
Electoral Amendment Act 1990 | 66 of 1990 | 17 December 1990 | 14 January 1991 | |
Criminal Law Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992,
section 16(4) | 51 of 1992 | 9 December 1992 | 6 January 1993 | |
Electoral Amendment (Political Finance) Act 1992 1a | 75 of 1992
(as amended by Act No. 43 of 1996, Part 3) | 16 December 1992 | Act, other than sections 5 and 6 proclaimed 9 November 1996 (see section 2 and Gazette 8 November 1996 p.6265); sections 5 and 6: to be proclaimed 1a | Section 8:
transitional |
Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993,
Part 4 | 6 of 1993 | 27 August 1993 | Deemed operative 1 July 1993
(see section 2(1)) | |
Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act 1993,
Part 8 | 31 of 1993 | 15 December 1993 | Deemed operative 1 July 1993
(see section 2) | Part 19: Savings and transitional 7 |
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994,
section 11 | 32 of 1994 | 29 June 1994 | Proclaimed 1 October 1994 (see section 2 and Gazette 30 September 1994 p.4948) | |
Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995,
Part 26 and section 147 | 78 of 1995 | 16 January 1996 | 4 November 1996 (see section 2 and Gazette 25 October 1996 p.5632) | |
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996,
section 4 | 14 of 1996 | 28 June 1996 | 1 July 1996 (see section 2) | |
Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1996,
Part 2 | 43 of 1996 | 16 October 1996 | 9 November 1996 (see section 2(2) and Gazette 8 November 1996 p.6265) | |
Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996,
section 64 | 49 of 1996 | 25 October 1996 | 25 October 1996 (see section 2(1)) | |
Mental Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 1996,
Part 6 | 69 of 1996 | 13 November 1996 | 13 November 1997 (see section 2) | |
Equal Opportunity Amendment Act (No. 3) 1997,
section 8 | 42 of 1997 | 9 December 1997 | 6 January 1998 (see section 2(1)) | |
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998,
section 76 | 10 of 1998 | 30 April 1998 | 30 April 1998 (see section 2(1)) | |
Acts Repeal and Amendment (Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration)
Act 1998,
section 11 | 40 of 1998 | 30 October 1998 | 14 April 1999 (see section 2 and Gazette 9 April 1999 p.1433.) | |
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2000,
section 50 | 24 of 2000 | 4 July 2000 | 4 July 2000 (see section 2) | |
Electoral Amendment
Act 2000 | 36 of 2000 | 10 October 2000 | Section 28 and Part 5 proclaimed 11 November 2000 (see section 2 and Gazette 10 November 2000 p.6193); balance proclaimed 21 October 2000 (see section 2 and Gazette 20 October 2000 p.5899) | Section 81(2):
savings provision 8 |
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 s. 220 | 10 of 2001 | 28 Jun 2001 | 15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Jun 2001 p. 3257 and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285) | |
4 In this reprint the renumbering of sections effected in the 1943 reprint (in Volume 2 of the Reprinted Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia) and retained in subsequent reprints has again been retained. References to the original numbering are contained in the 1943 reprint.
5 Under section 112(1) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 (No. 31 of 1994), a reference to the Public Service Act 1978 is to be read as a reference to the Public Sector Management Act 1994.
6 Now see the Interpretation Act 1984 (No 12 of 1984).
7 Part 19 of the Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act 1993 (No. 31 of 1993) reads as follows ¾
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Part 19 ¾ Savings and Transitional
68. Savings
If this Act is not passed until after 1 July 1993, anything done after that day but before this Act is passed that would have been in accordance with law if this Act had not come into operation but as a result of the coming into operation of this Act is contrary to law, is deemed to be in accordance with law.
69. Transitional
Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference, however expressed, in any law or document to the former Department of Corrective Services or Crown Law Department, the chief executive officer of either of those departments, or an office or organisational unit within either of those departments, is to be read as a reference to the Ministry of Justice, the chief executive officer of the Ministry of Justice, or the corresponding office or unit within the Ministry of Justice, as is appropriate.