Arguments for and against referendum options
8 Arguments for and against referendum options
Where, within 30 days of the passage of a referendum law, the commissioner receives—
an authorised statement, consisting of not more than 2 000 words, of the arguments in favour of the matter to be submitted to referendum; or
an authorised statement, consisting of not more than 2 000 words, of the arguments against the matter to be submitted to referendum;
the commissioner shall, not later than 14 days before the relevant referendum day, cause each argument to be printed in a similar typeface and typestyle in a pamphlet containing the relevant arguments and to be posted, as nearly as practicable—
to each elector; or
to each household in the Territory.
In subsection (1):
authorised statement means—
in the case of a statement referred to in subsection (1) (a)—a statement authorised by a majority of the members of the Assembly who voted in favour of the relevant referendum law; and
in the case of a statement referred to in subsection (1) (b)—a statement authorised by a majority of the members of the Assembly who voted against the relevant referendum law.
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