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Referendums Act 1997
sec.12How an argument for or against the Bill or question is distributed or published
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### sec.12 How an argument for or against the Bill or question is distributed or published
If—
an argument is forwarded to the commission under section 11 ; and
a majority of the members who authorised the argument ask the commission to post the argument to each elector;
the commission must, not later than 14 days before the polling day for the referendum, print and post to each elector a pamphlet containing the argument and, if another argument was forwarded to the commission under section 11 , the other argument.
Also, the commission must publish any argument forwarded to it under section 11 —
at least twice before the polling day for the referendum in a newspaper circulating throughout the State, including on the day before the polling day; and
on the commission’s website.
If more than 1 argument is required to be published under subsection (2) , the arguments must be published at the same time.
If more than 1 argument is published in the same pamphlet or newspaper, the format and printing style used must not unfairly favour 1 argument.
s 12 amd 2015 No. 35 s 11
(sec.12-ssec.1) If— an argument is forwarded to the commission under section 11 ; and a majority of the members who authorised the argument ask the commission to post the argument to each elector; the commission must, not later than 14 days before the polling day for the referendum, print and post to each elector a pamphlet containing the argument and, if another argument was forwarded to the commission under section 11 , the other argument.
(sec.12-ssec.2) Also, the commission must publish any argument forwarded to it under section 11 — at least twice before the polling day for the referendum in a newspaper circulating throughout the State, including on the day before the polling day; and on the commission’s website.
(sec.12-ssec.3) If more than 1 argument is required to be published under subsection (2) , the arguments must be published at the same time.
(sec.12-ssec.4) If more than 1 argument is published in the same pamphlet or newspaper, the format and printing style used must not unfairly favour 1 argument.
- (a) an argument is forwarded to the commission under section 11 ; and
- (b) a majority of the members who authorised the argument ask the commission to post the argument to each elector;
- (a) at least twice before the polling day for the referendum in a newspaper circulating throughout the State, including on the day before the polling day; and
- (b) on the commission’s website.