23Issue of ballot paper for declaration voting

23 Issue of ballot paper for declaration voting (1) If a person attends before an authorised officer at a voting centre during the voting period and claims to vote at an election, the officer must issue a ballot paper to the person if: (a) the person: (i) states the person's full name and address; and (ii) completes and signs, in the presence of the officer, a declaration in the approved form about the person being in a situation referred to in regulation 22; and (b) the officer signs the declaration as a witness. (2) Before issuing a ballot paper to a person to whom regulation 22(a) applies, the authorised officer may require the person to provide proof of identity in accordance with section 98AA(2) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth). (3) The authorised officer must: (a) immediately before issuing the declaration ballot paper to the person, initial the ballot paper; and (b) immediately after issuing the declaration ballot paper to the person, record the issue of the ballot paper to the person. (4) The declaration by a person to whom regulation 22(a) applies must state the following: (a) the person: (i) has complied with Part VIII of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) before the close of the electoral roll; or (ii) is eligible to enrol under Part VIII of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth); (b) to the best of the person's knowledge no objection has been upheld in relation to the inclusion of the person's name on the electoral roll; (c) the person is not qualified for enrolment in a local government area or ward other than the local government area or ward for which the person claims to vote; (d) the person has not already voted at the election.

Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2021 16 (5) The declaration by a person to whom regulation 22(b) applies must state the person has not already voted at the election.