Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the definition of declaration envelope in section 6 of the Act, a declaration envelope provided to a voter by a person conducting an election or ballot must comply with the following form:
(a) the declaration envelope must be a smaller envelope that fits inside a prepaid envelope without needing to be folded;
(b) the declaration envelope must contain on it a removable flap or label with the following details printed on it:
(i) the name and postal address of the voter;
(ii) the declaration mentioned in subregulation (2);
(iii) a place for the signature of the voter.
(2) The declaration must state that the voter:
(a) is the voter named on the envelope; and
(b) has voted on the ballot paper contained in the envelope; and
(c) has not voted before in this ballot.
(3) To preserve the secrecy of the vote, the person conducting the election or ballot must remove the flap or label mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) from the declaration envelope before removing the ballot paper from the envelope.