Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 67

67. Section 90 of the Principal Act is amended-

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

         (b)  by inserting in sub-section (1) ''written'' before
''applications'';

   (c)  by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

''(1A) The Divisional Returning Officer, postal voting officer or Assistant
Returning Officer shall make a record of and allocate a number to each oral
application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-papers received by
him and shall number each postal vote certificate with a number corresponding
with the number allocated.'';

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ''Registrar, Returning Officer'' and
        substituting ''postal voting officer''; and

   (e)  by omitting from sub-section (2) all the words after ''papers
        issued.''.