Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 63

63. (1) Each officer (including a postal voting officer) who receives written
applications for postal vote certificates and postal ballot-papers shall
number the written applications received by him in consecutive order.

(2) Each officer (including a postal voting officer) who receives oral
applications for postal vote certificates and postal ballot-papers shall make
a record of and shall allocate a number to each oral application received by
him.

(3) Where, pursuant to sub-section (1) or (2), an officer allocates a number
to an application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper, the
officer shall place a corresponding number on the postal vote certificate
issued pursuant to the application.

(4) Where an officer (including a postal voting officer) issues a postal
ballot-paper to an applicant, the officer shall place his initials on the back
of each ballot-paper.