9Registering as a secure telephone voter

9 Registering as a secure telephone voter

(1) An individual who wishes to be registered as a secure telephone voter must: (a) apply, on a day and at a time determined under paragraph 10(2)(a), by: (i) submitting the approved form in the approved manner; or (ii) calling an authorised call centre; and (b) provide the Electoral Commissioner with the following: (i) the individual’s name, address and date of birth; (ii) the individual’s telephone number; (iii) the declarations required by subsection (2); (iv) any other evidence requested by the Electoral Commissioner under subsection (3); and (c) provide the Electoral Commissioner with: (i) a reference number for the direction to the individual to self‑isolate or quarantine that has been provided to the individual; or (ii) if the individual has not been provided with a reference number for the direction—a reference number or serial number for the test on which the individual tested positive; or (iii) if the individual has not been provided with a reference number for the direction and is unable to provide a reference number or serial number under subparagraph (ii)—a declaration to that effect; and (d) comply with the procedures for assessing whether an individual may be registered as a secure telephone voter.

Note: The individual is not entitled to be registered if the Electoral Commissioner is not satisfied of the matters in subsection 8(2).

(2) The individual must make: (a) a declaration to the effect that the individual has not already voted in the election; and (b) either: (i) a declaration to the effect that the individual has been directed, by a public health authority of a State or Territory under a public health order of the State or Territory, to self‑isolate or quarantine, from a specified time on a specified date, because the individual has tested positive for the coronavirus known as COVID‑19 on a test approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration for that purpose; or (ii) if the Minister has specified a matter under subsection 8(3)—a declaration to the effect that the individual has been directed, by a public health authority of a State or Territory under a public health order of the State or Territory, to self‑isolate or quarantine, from a specified time on a specified date, because of the specified matter; and (c) a declaration to the effect that, because of the direction, the individual believes the public health order prevents the individual from attending a polling place in that State or Territory at a time during the period referred to in paragraph 8(2)(e).

Note: Providing information when registering or voting that the individual knows is false or misleading may be an offence: see section 26 of this instrument and sections 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code.

(3) If the Electoral Commissioner requires further evidence to assess whether the individual is entitled to be registered as a secure telephone voter, the Electoral Commissioner may request the individual to provide one or more of the following: (a) the individual’s email address; (b) if the individual is not self‑isolating or quarantining at the individual’s address—the address where the individual is self‑isolating or quarantining; (c) any other information or documents that the Commissioner reasonably requires to make the assessment. Record keeping (4) The individual must keep the following until the day that is 40 days after the polling day for the election: (a) if under subparagraph (1)(c)(i) the individual provided a reference number for the direction to the individual to self‑isolate or quarantine—a copy of a document containing the number; (b) if under subparagraph (1)(c)(ii) the individual provided a reference number or serial number for the test on which the individual tested positive—a record of the test or of the test results.