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Referendums Act 1997
sec.17ASupply of electoral rolls and ballot papers
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### sec.17A Supply of electoral rolls and ballot papers
The commission must ensure that a sufficient number of the following are available for the referendum at each polling place—
certified copies of the electoral roll for each electoral district as at 6p.m. on the cut-off day for electoral rolls;
ballot papers.
Without limiting subsection (1) (a) , a certified copy of the electoral roll for an electoral district is available at a polling place if—
a certified copy of the electoral roll can be accessed electronically from the polling place; and
an issuing officer at the polling place can use the certified copy to make an electronic record of the persons to whom a ballot paper is issued.
Without limiting subsection (1) (b) , a ballot paper is available at a polling place if a ballot paper can be reproduced at the place under section 18A .
s 17A ins 2019 No. 31 s 80
amd 2023 No. 23 s 203
(sec.17A-ssec.1) The commission must ensure that a sufficient number of the following are available for the referendum at each polling place— certified copies of the electoral roll for each electoral district as at 6p.m. on the cut-off day for electoral rolls; ballot papers.
(sec.17A-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) (a) , a certified copy of the electoral roll for an electoral district is available at a polling place if— a certified copy of the electoral roll can be accessed electronically from the polling place; and an issuing officer at the polling place can use the certified copy to make an electronic record of the persons to whom a ballot paper is issued.
(sec.17A-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (1) (b) , a ballot paper is available at a polling place if a ballot paper can be reproduced at the place under section 18A .
- (a) certified copies of the electoral roll for each electoral district as at 6p.m. on the cut-off day for electoral rolls;
- (b) ballot papers.
- (a) a certified copy of the electoral roll can be accessed electronically from the polling place; and
- (b) an issuing officer at the polling place can use the certified copy to make an electronic record of the persons to whom a ballot paper is issued.