Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 14

14. (1) The Australian Electoral Officer for each State and Territory shall,
immediately after receiving advice of the particulars of a writ for a
referendum-

   (a)  cause copies of a statement setting out the text of the proposed law
        and the text of the particular provisions (if any) of the Constitution
        proposed to be altered by the proposed law to be made available at
        offices of the Electoral Commission in that State or Territory and at
        such other places as the Electoral Commissioner directs;

   (b)  cause to be inserted in at least 2 newspapers circulating in the State
        or Territory a notice setting out-

        (i)    the particulars of the writ;

        (ii)   a copy of the proposed law or of the statement (if any)
               attached to the writ; and

        (iii)  the places at which copies of the statement referred to in
               paragraph (a) are available; and

   (c)  advise each Divisional Returning Officer in that State or Territory of
        the particulars of the writ.

(2) The Divisional Returning Officers of the States and the Territories shall,
subject to this Act and to the directions of the Electoral Commissioner and
the Australian Electoral Officers of their respective States and Territories,
immediately after receiving advice of the particulars of a writ for a
referendum, take all action that is necessary to be taken to carry the writ
into effect.