46Issue of postal voting papers

46 Issue of postal voting papers (1) On receipt of the properly completed application, an authorised officer must issue and send to the applicant: (a) a postal vote certificate printed on an envelope addressed to the Commission; and (b) a ballot paper (a declaration ballot paper). (2) However, the officer must not send postal voting papers to the applicant before the order of the names of the candidates for the applicant's enrolled division has been determined under section 25. (3) The officer must send postal voting papers: (a) if a properly completed application was received before the determination – as soon as practicable after the determination; or (b) subject to subsections (4) and (5), if a properly completed application is received after the determination – as soon as practicable after receiving the application. (4) The officer must not send postal voting papers to the applicant if: (a) the application is received after 6 pm on the day that is 4 days before the polling day and the address to which the papers are to be sent is outside Australia; or (b) the application is received after 6 pm on the day that is 2 days before the polling day and the address to which the papers are to be sent is in Australia.

Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011 27 (5) However, the officer may send postal voting papers to the applicant whose application is received later than the time mentioned in subsection (4)(a) or (b) if the officer considers doing so is appropriate, having regard to: (a) the special circumstances of the applicant; and (b) the need to allow sufficient time for the papers to be completed by the applicant by 6 pm on the polling day; and (c) any other matters the officer considers relevant.