Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1984 No. 287 ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 13

13. Regulation 49 of the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following
regulations are substituted: Scrutiny of postal ballot-papers

"49. (1) Subject to sub-regulations (2) and (3), the scrutiny of postal
ballot-papers issued for an election or a referendum shall be conducted as
nearly as practicable in the manner provided in the Act or the Referendum 
(Machinery Provisions) Act , as the case requires, in relation to the scrutiny
of absent voters' ballot-papers.

"(2) Sub-section 200 (2) of the Act applies in respect of the scrutiny of
postal ballot-papers that have been-

   (a)  given to electors in accordance with oral applications under section
        184 of the Act; or

   (b)  delivered or posted to electors who are registered postal voters by
        virtue of an application made in pursuance of paragraph 185 (1) (f) of
        the Act, subject to the following modifications:

   (c)  omit paragraph (c);

   (d)  omit from paragraph (d) all the words from and including 'the
        signature' (first occurring) to and including 'witness, and that'.



"(3) Sub-section 72 (2) of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act applies
in respect of the scrutiny of postal ballot-papers that have been-

   (a)  given to electors in accordance with oral applications under section
        57 of that Act; or

   (b)  delivered or posted to electors who are registered postal voters by
        virtue of an application made pursuant to paragraph 185 (1) (f) of the
        Act, subject to the following modifications:

   (c)  omit paragraph (c);

   (d)  omit sub-paragraphs (d) (i) and (ii). Dealing with postal
        ballot-papers and postal vote certificates in the scrutiny

"50. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), postal ballot-papers and postal vote
certificates issued for an election or a referendum shall be dealt with in the
scrutiny in the manner provided in the Act or the Referendum (Machinery 
Provisions) Act , as the case requires, in relation to absent voters'
ballot-papers and absent voters' declarations.

"(2) Postal vote certificates that by virtue of paragraph 59 (e) of the
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act are deemed to have effect as postal vote
certificates for the purposes of a referendum, shall be dealt with in the
scrutiny in the manner provided in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 in
relation to absent voters' ballot-papers and absent voters' declarations.