Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Electoral Commissioner may temporarily suspend the voting at a referendum for a period if the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied that the suspension of voting during that period is justified because of:
(a) riot or open violence; or
(b) the threat of riot or open violence; or
(c) storm, tempest, flood or an occurrence of a similar kind; or
(d) a health hazard; or
(e) a fire or the activation of fire safety equipment (such as sprinklers or alarms); or
(f) any other reason related to:
(i) the safety of voters; or
(ii) difficulties in the physical conduct of the voting.
(2) If:
(a) the voting day for a referendum is the same as that fixed for the polling at an election; and
(b) the Electoral Commissioner temporarily suspends the polling at a polling booth for a period under section 240A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ;
the Electoral Commissioner must temporarily suspend the voting at the referendum at the polling booth for the same period.