Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 2025

1 Short title

This Act is the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 2025.

2 Commencement

Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

4 Review of operation of amendments

The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, or another parliamentary committee determined in writing by the Minister, is to:

review the operation of the amendments made by this Act before the end of 12 months after the first general election that is held after 1 July 2026; and

report the Committee’s comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament.

A determination under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.