5Application of Electoral Act 2017

#### 5 Application of Electoral Act 2017 5 Application of [Electoral Act 2017](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2017-066) > > (1) Subject to this Part the provisions of the [Electoral Act 2017](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2017-066), and any regulations or rules made under that Act, so far as they are applicable, apply to and in respect of a referendum as if the referendum were an election, and for that purpose references in any such provision are read as follows: > > > > > (a) a reference to a writ is to be read as a reference to a writ for a referendum, > > > > > (b) a reference to election day is to be read as a reference to the day fixed by a writ for a referendum for the taking of the votes of the electors, > > > > > (c) a reference to a nomination day is to be read: > > > > > > > (i) except as provided in subparagraph (ii), as a reference to the day that is 7 days after the day on which the writ for a referendum is issued, or > > > > > > > (ii) where the day fixed for the taking of the votes for the purposes of a referendum is the same as that for the taking of the poll for an election, as a reference to the day of nomination for that election, > > > > > (d) a reference to the casting of votes at an election is to be read as a reference to the taking of the votes of the electors for the purposes of a referendum, > > > > > (e) a reference to an election is to be read as a reference to a referendum, > > > > > (f) a reference to electoral matter or to electoral papers is to be read as a reference to corresponding matter or papers in relation to a referendum, > > > > > (g) a reference to a ballot paper (including the form of a ballot paper), ballot box, or other thing is to be read as a reference to a ballot paper (including the form of a ballot paper), ballot box, or corresponding thing in relation to a referendum, > > > > > (h) any reference to “this Act” or “this Part” is to be read as a reference to the provisions or Part, as the case requires, of the Act applicable to a referendum. > > > (2) For the purposes of a referendum: > > > > > (a) a ballot paper is not to be rejected as informal except for a reason specified in this Act or in the regulations made under this Act, and > > > > > (b) the vote of an elector is to be marked on the elector’s ballot paper in the manner directed by this Part, and > > > > > (c) on the adjournment of voting by any voting centre manager, the voting centre manager must, as soon as practicable, give notice of the adjournment to the Electoral Commissioner, and > > > > > (d) where any voting stands adjourned the election manager for a district must not transmit the election manager’s statement of the result of the voting in the district to the Electoral Commissioner until the voting so adjourned has been finally closed. > > **s 5:** Am 1933 No 1, sec 3 (b); 1978 No 45, Sch 1 (5). Subst 2017 No 66, Sch 8.5 \[2\].