Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1994

A referendum ballot paper—

shall set out the referendum options; and

shall be in accordance with the form (if any) ascertained in accordance with the relevant referendum law; and

shall be printed in accordance with the requirements (if any) of the relevant referendum law; and

shall bear an official mark.

The commissioner may determine the colour of the paper on which referendum ballot papers are to be printed.

If a referendum law does not make provision in relation to—

the form of the referendum ballot paper; or

the printing of the referendum ballot paper;

the form and printing of the referendum ballot paper shall be ascertained in accordance with the regulations.

Where such regulations are in force, a reference in this Act to a referendum ballot paper shall be read as a reference to a referendum ballot paper in the form ascertained in accordance with the regulations except to the extent that such regulations are inconsistent with a referendum law.

For this section, a referendum ballot paper may be in electronic form.