Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 114

114. (1) Where-

   (a)  the voting at 2 or more referendums took place on the same day; and

   (b)  a person would, but for this sub-section, be required to furnish 2 or
        more returns under this Part relating to those referendums, the person
        may, in lieu of furnishing those returns, furnish one return, in an
        approved form, setting out the particulars that he would have been
        required to set out in those returns.

(2) Where-

   (a)  a return is furnished by a person pursuant to sub-section (1); and

   (b)  a matter details of which are required to be set out in the return
        relates to more than one referendum, it is sufficient compliance with
        this Part if the return sets out details of the matter without showing
        the extent to which the matter relates to any particular referendum.

(3) Where-

   (a)  the voting day for a referendum is the same as that fixed for the
        polling at an election; and

   (b)  a person would, but for this sub-section, be required to furnish a
        return under this Part and under Division 5 of Part XX of the
        Commonwealth  Electoral Act 1918 in relation to the same advertisement
        or matter, it is sufficient compliance with this part if the person
        furnishes a return under Division 5 of Part XX of the
        Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and includes in that return a
        statement to the effect that the advertisement or matter also related
        to a referendum.