Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 59

59. Where the voting day for a referendum is the same as that fixed for the
polling at an election-

   (a)  a person appointed to be a postal voting officer for the purposes of
        Part XV of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 shall be deemed to be a
        postal voting officer for the purposes of this Part;

   (b)  a place declared to be an appointed place for the purposes of Part XV
        of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 shall be deemed to be an
        appointed place for the purposes of this Part;

   (c)  an application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper
        for the purposes of the election shall be deemed to include an
        application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper for
        the purposes of the referendum;

   (d)  section 58 does not apply for the purposes of the referendum, but a
        person who is entitled to receive postal ballot-papers for the
        purposes of the election under section 186 of the
        Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is also entitled to receive, in the
        same manner, a postal ballot-paper for the purposes of the referendum;

   (e)  a postal vote certificate for the purposes of the election shall be
        deemed to have effect as a postal vote certificate for the purposes of
        the referendum;

   (f)  any reference in the application or the certificate to the election
        shall be deemed to include a reference to the referendum; and

   (g)  a postal ballot-paper containing the vote of an elector at the
        referendum may be enclosed in the same envelope as that in which the
        postal ballot-paper containing the vote of the elector at the election
        is enclosed.