Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 57

57. (1) An oral application for a postal vote certificate and a postal
ballot-paper in relation to a referendum-

   (a)  shall include the following statements:

        (i)    a statement of the grounds upon which the person making the
               application applies for a postal vote certificate and postal
               ballot-paper;

        (ii)   a statement specifying the Division for which he is enrolled;

        (iii)  a statement of such other particulars (if any) as are
               prescribed; and

   (b)  shall be made after the issue of the writ for the referendum to-

        (i)    a Divisional Returning Officer at his office;

        (ii)   a postal voting officer at an appointed place on a day that is,
               and during hours that are, declared by the
               Electoral Commission, by notice published in the Gazette, to be
               an appointed day and appointed hours for the purposes of this
               section; or

        (iii)  an Assistant Returning Officer for a place outside Australia at
               his office at that place.

(2) An oral application shall be deemed not to have been duly made if it is
made after the close of voting at the referendum.