Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 8

8. (1) A writ issued under section 7 may be in accordance with Form A in
Schedule 1 and shall appoint-

   (a)  the day for the close of the Rolls;

   (b)  the day, being a Saturday, for taking the votes of electors; and

   (c)  the day for the return of the writ.

(2) The Governor-General shall cause to be attached to the writ a copy of the
proposed law, or a copy of a statement setting out-

   (a)  the text of the proposed law; and

   (b)  the text of the particular provisions (if any) of the Constitution
        proposed to be textually altered by the proposed law, and the textual
        alterations proposed to be made therein.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, a writ shall be deemed to have been issued
at 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the day on which the writ was issued.