Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1984 No. 287 ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 9

9. Regulation 42 of the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following
regulation substituted: Forms of postal ballot-papers

"42. (1) Before issuing any postal ballot-paper for a Senate election, the
Divisional Returning Officer, Postal Voting Officer or Assistant Returning
Officer shall, if the particulars are not already printed thereon, insert in
the ballot-paper-

   (a)  the name of the State or Territory in which the election is to be
        held;

   (b)  the number of candidates to be elected;

   (c)  the numbers required to complete the 'Directions';

   (d)  the full names of all candidates for that State or Territory in the
        order, and grouped as, directed by the Australian Electoral Officer;
        and

   (e)  the information required to be printed on the ballot-paper by section
        214 of the Act.



"(2) Before issuing a postal ballot-paper for a House of Representatives
election, the Divisional Returning Officer, Postal Voting Officer or Assistant
Returning Officer shall, if the particulars are not already printed thereon,
insert in the ballot-paper-

   (a)  the name of the State or Territory and the name of the Division in
        which the election is to be held;

   (b)  the numbers required to complete the 'Directions';

   (c)  the full names of all candidates for that Division in the order
        determined in accordance with section 213 of the Act; and

   (d)  the information required to be printed on the ballot-paper by section
        214 of the Act.



"(3) Before issuing a postal ballot-paper for a referendum, the Divisional
Returning Officer, Postal Voting Officer or Assistant Returning Officer shall,
if the name of the State or Territory printed on the ballot-paper is not the
name of the State or Territory in which the referendum is to be held, strike
out that name and insert the name of the State or Territory in which the
referendum is to be held.".