Title: Electoral (Voting Age) Amendment Bill 2008
Author: Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Category: parliamentary.copy
Document comments: ha129

House of Assembly—No 129
As laid on the table and read a first time, 8 May 2008

Electoral (Voting Age) Amendment Bill 2008

Electoral (Voting Age) Amendment Bill 2008
Part 1—Preliminary

Electoral (Voting Age) Amendment Bill 2008
Preliminary—Part 1

Electoral (Voting Age) Amendment Bill 2008
Part 2—Amendment of Electoral Act 1985

Electoral (Voting Age) Amendment Bill 2008
Amendment of Electoral Act 1985—Part 2

Electoral (Voting Age) Amendment Bill 2008
Schedule 1—Related amendments

Electoral (Voting Age) Amendment Bill 2008
Related amendments—Schedule 1

South Australia
Electoral (Voting Age) Amendment Bill 2008
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Electoral Act 1985; and to make related amendments to the Juries Act 1927 and the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Electoral Act 1985
4	Amendment of section 4—Interpretation
5	Amendment of section 29—Entitlement to enrolment
6	Amendment of section 69—Entitlement to vote
Schedule 1—Related amendments
Part 1—Related amendment to Juries Act 1927
1	Amendment of section 11—Qualification of jurors
Part 2—Related amendment to Local Government (Elections) Act 1999
2	Amendment of section 14—Qualifications for enrolment

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Voting Age) Amendment Act 2008.
2—Commencement
This Act will come into operation 3 months after the date of assent.
3—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Electoral Act 1985
4—Amendment of section 4—Interpretation
Section 4(1), definition of elector—delete "18 years" and substitute:
16 years
5—Amendment of section 29—Entitlement to enrolment
	(1)	Section 29(1)(a)—delete "18 years" and substitute:
16 years
	(2)	Section 29(2)(a)—delete "17 years" and substitute:
15 years
	(3)	Section 29(2)(b)—delete "18 years" and substitute:
16 years
6—Amendment of section 69—Entitlement to vote
Section 69(2)(b)—delete "18 years" and substitute:
16 years

Schedule 1—Related amendments
Part 1—Related amendment to Juries Act 1927
1—Amendment of section 11—Qualification of jurors
Section 11(b)—delete paragraph (b) and substitute:
	(b)	who is not less than 18 years of age and not more than 70 years of age,
Part 2—Related amendment to Local Government (Elections) Act 1999
2—Amendment of section 14—Qualifications for enrolment
Section 14(1)(a)—delete "majority" and substitute:
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HA GP 189-B: the Hon Bob Such MP