Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 65

65. (1) Section 88 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) ''Registrar, Returning
Officer'' and substituting ''postal voting officer'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1) ''if he is satisfied that it is
        properly signed by the applicant elector and is properly witnessed,
        shall deliver or post to the elector a postal vote certificate'' and
        substituting the following word and paragraphs:

''shall-

   (a)  if-

        (i)    the application is a written application; and

        (ii)   he is satisfied that it is properly signed by the applicant
               elector and is properly witnessed,

deliver or post to the elector a postal vote certificate; or

   (b)  if the application is an oral application-give to the elector a postal
        vote certificate,

being a certificate'';

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (1A) ''six o'clock in the afternoon of
        the day preceding polling day, reckoned according to the relevant
        standard or legal time ascertained under the next succeeding
        sub-section'' and substituting ''the last mail clearance at the
        nearest post office on the Thursday next preceding polling day'';

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (1A) ''Registrar, Returning Officer'' and
        substituting ''postal voting officer''; and

   (e)  by omitting sub-sections (1B) and (2) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(2) A postal vote certificate delivered or posted under paragraph (1) (a), a
postal vote certificate given under paragraph (1) (b), and postal
ballot-papers delivered, posted or given under sub-section (1) shall be in the
form prescribed for such a certificate and ballot-paper.''.

(2) Regulations in force at the commencement of this section for the purposes
of sub-section 88 (2) of the Principal Act continue in force as if made for
the purposes of sub-section 88 (2) of the Principal Act as amended by this
Act.