Western Australian Current Acts

REFERENDUMS ACT 1983 - SECT 6

6 .         Address of writ and action on receipt

        (1)         The writ for a referendum shall be addressed to the Electoral Commissioner.

        (2)         On the receipt of the writ the Electoral Commissioner shall —

            (a)         indorse on the writ the date of receipt by him; and

            (b)         advertise the receipt and particulars of the writ —

                  (i)         in the Gazette ; and

                  (ii)         in a newspaper circulating in the State, or by placards or otherwise;

                and

            (c)         forward a copy of the writ to the returning officer for each district.

        [Section 6 amended: No. 40 of 1987 s. 103.]