Electoral Act 1992

For this division, a default notice, in relation to an elector, is a notice containing a statement to the effect that—

it is an offence to fail to vote at an election without a valid and sufficient reason; and

the elector appears to have failed to vote at an election; and

if the elector does not wish to have the matter dealt with by a court, the elector may, within the time specified in the notice—

if the elector voted at the election—give the commissioner particulars in writing of the voting; or

if the elector failed to vote at the election—give the commissioner particulars in writing of any valid and sufficient reason for the failure, or pay the amount of the prescribed penalty.

For subsection (1) (c) (ii), the prescribed penalty is $20 or any higher penalty prescribed by the regulations.