Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 73C

    Where the voting day for a referendum is the same as the polling day for an election:

  (a)   a place declared by the Electoral Commissioner under subsection   200BA(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 for the purposes of the election shall be regarded as having been declared under subsection   73AA(1) of this Act for the purposes of the referendum;

  (aa)   the specification of a place in accordance with subsection   200BA(1A) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is to be regarded as having been made in relation to the place in accordance with subsection   73AA(1A) of this Act for the purposes of the referendum;

  (ab)   a determination made in relation to a place in accordance with subsection   200DD(2) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is to be regarded as having been made in relation to the place in accordance with subsection   73CD(2) of this Act for the purposes of the referendum;

  (b)   an application for a pre - poll vote in the election also has effect as an application for a pre - poll vote in the referendum;

  (ca)   a pre - poll vote certificate for declaration voting for the purposes of the election also has effect as a pre - poll vote certificate for declaration voting for the purposes of the referendum;

  (d)   a reference in such an application or certificate to the election shall be regarded as including a reference to the referendum; and

  (e)   a ballot paper bearing the pre - poll vote of an elector in the referendum may be enclosed in the same envelope as the ballot paper bearing the elector's pre - poll vote in the election.