Part 1PRELIMINARY.

PART 1.—PRELIMINARY.

Short title

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Electoral and Referendum Regulations.

Parts.

2. These Regulations are divided into Parts, as follows:—

Part I.—Preliminary.

Part II.—Electoral—

Division 1.—Enrolment.

Division 2.—Enforcement of law in relation to enrolment.

Division 3.—Objections.

Division 4.—Miscellaneous.

Part III.—Electoral and Referendum—

Division 1.—Conduct of Elections and Referendums.

Division 2.—Voting by Post.

Division 3.—Facilities for voting as an Absent Voter.

Division 4.—Forms of Absent Voters’ Ballot-papers.

Division 5.—Records in connexion with Absent Votes.

Division 6.—Scrutiny of Absent Voters’ Ballot-papers.

Division 7.—Scrutiny of Postal Ballot-papers.

Division 8.—Votes recorded in pursuance of Sections 91a, 121 and 121a of the Act.

Division 9.—Scrutiny by Assistant Returning Officer.

Division 10.—Recount of Ballot-papers.

Division 11.—Enforcement of law in relation to Compulsory Voting.

Division 12.—Miscellaneous.

Part IV.—Referendum.

C.9529.

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Repeal.

3. The Electoral and Referendum Regulations being Statutory Rules 1926, No. 201, made under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918–1928 and the Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Act 1906–1926, are repealed.

Application of regulations to relation to joint rolls.

4. These Regulations shall not apply in relation to joint rolls in any State with which an arrangement pursuant to section 32 of the Act is made, so far as provision is made by any joint regulations relating thereto, but shall, to the extent to which they are applicable, apply in relation to other matters in connexion with those joint rolls, and, for the purposes of the application of any regulations relating to compulsory enrolment, any reference in these Regulations to a form shall where an appropriate form is provided by the joint regulations, include a reference to the form so provided.

Definitions.

5. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appear—

“Referendum” means a referendum held under the provisions of the Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Act for the time being in force;

“The Act” means the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 as amended from time to time.