Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) On receipt of the properly completed application, an authorised officer must issue and send to the applicant:
(a) a postal vote certificate printed on an envelope addressed to the Commission; and
(b) a ballot paper (a declaration ballot paper ).
(2) However, an authorised officer must not send postal voting papers to the applicant before the determination under section 41 for the election.
(2A) The authorised officer must send postal voting papers:
(a) if a properly completed application was received before the determination – as soon as practicable after the determination; or
(b) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), if a properly completed application is received after the determination – as soon as practicable after receiving the application.
(3) An authorised officer must not send postal voting papers to the applicant if:
(aa) the application is received before the beginning of the calendar year in which election day occurs; or
(a) the application is received after 5 pm on the day that is 4 days before election day and the address to which the ballot papers are to be sent is outside Australia; or
(b) the application is received after 5 pm on the day that is 2 days before election day and the address to which the ballot papers are to be sent is in Australia.
(4) However, an authorised officer may send postal voting papers to the applicant whose application is received later than the time mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b) if the officer considers doing so is appropriate, having regard to:
(a) the special circumstances of the applicant; and
(b) the need to allow sufficient time for the papers to be completed by the applicant by 6 pm on election day; and
(c) any other matters the officer considers relevant.