Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 78

    (1)     The Commissioner may, in writing, appoint a stated place, whether or not an election day voting centre or an early voting centre, to be a mobile voting centre where votes may be taken by an authorised officer during the mobile voting period.

    (2)     The appointment may specify:

        (a)     classes of electors who may vote at the mobile voting centre; and

        (b)     dates and hours during which votes may be cast at the place during the mobile voting period.

    (3)     In making the appointment, the Commissioner must have regard to the following:

        (a)     whether or not:

            (i)     there is a distinct community of electors who may be served by the mobile voting centre; or

            (ii)     there are special circumstances applying to electors who may be served by the mobile voting centre (for example, because of their special needs or other requirements);

        (b)     the practicality for those electors to attend another voting centre for the election;

        (c)     the practicality of establishing the mobile voting centre for those electors, having regard to their number and resources required for doing so.

    (4)     If the appointment specifies a class of electors, only a person in that class may vote at the mobile voting centre.

    (5)     The Commissioner must:

        (a)     give public notice of the appointment; and

        (b)     as far as practicable, notify the community or electors to be served by the mobile voting centre in a way that is reasonable in the circumstances.

81     Change of mobile voting centre, dates or hours for voting

    (1)     The Commissioner may take any of the following actions in respect of a mobile voting centre if the Commissioner is satisfied that there are special circumstances requiring such an action:

        (a)     substitute another voting centre (a substituted centre ) for the mobile voting centre;

        (b)     change the dates or hours during which votes may be cast at the mobile voting centre.

    (2)     The Commissioner must give notice to the public of the substitution or change and the notice must be reasonable and practicable in the circumstances.