Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 56

56. (1) A written application for a postal vote certificate and a postal
ballot-paper in relation to a referendum may be in the approved form for the
referendum and shall-

   (a)  contain a declaration by the applicant that he is an elector who is
        entitled to apply for a postal vote certificate and postal
        ballot-paper;

   (b)  be signed by the applicant in the presence of an authorized witness;
        and

   (c)  be made, after the issue of a writ for the referendum to a Divisional
        Returning Officer or, if the applicant is outside Australia, to an
        Assistant Returning Officer at a place outside Australia.

(2) A written application in relation to a referendum shall be deemed not to
have been duly made if it reaches the officer to whom it is made after 6
o'clock in the afternoon of the day immediately preceding the voting day for
that referendum.