Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 61

61. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), the Divisional Returning Officer, postal
voting officer or Assistant Returning Officer who receives an application for
a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper for the purposes of voting
at a referendum shall-

   (a)  if-

        (i)    the application is a written application; and

        (ii)   he is satisfied that it is properly signed by the applicant and
               is properly witnessed,

deliver or post to the applicant; or

   (b)  if the application is an oral application-give to the applicant, a
        postal vote certificate printed on an envelope addressed to the
        Divisional Returning Officer for the Division in which the applicant
        declares he is enrolled, and a postal ballot-paper for the referendum.

(2) Where an application for a postal vote certificate and a postal
ballot-paper is received after the last mail clearance at the nearest post
office on the Thursday next preceding the voting day for a referendum, an
officer (including a postal voting officer) shall not post to the applicant a
postal vote certificate or a postal ballot-paper.

(3) A postal vote certificate delivered or posted under paragraph (1) (a) and
a postal vote certificate given under paragraph (1) (b) shall be in the form
prescribed for such a certificate.