Issue of postal voting papers
28 Issue of postal voting papers
(1) An authorised officer must issue and send postal voting papers to each person who applies or is taken to have applied for postal voting papers under regulation 26 or 27(1).
(2) An authorised officer may issue postal voting papers directly to the person if the authorised officer has the postal voting papers available.
(3) The postal vote certificate printed on the envelope that is issued or issued and sent to an applicant under subregulation (1) or (2) must contain the following:
(a) if the person applied for replacement postal voting papers under regulation 27(1):
the person's name; and
(ii) a space for the signature of the person; and
(iii) a space for inserting the date when the envelope bearing the certificate is received by the authorised officer; and
a space for inserting the person's address; and
a space for inserting the person's date of birth;
otherwise – the matters mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) to (iii).
(4) Subject to subregulations (5) to (7), postal voting papers must be issued and sent as soon as practicable after the order of candidates' names on the ballot paper is determined or, if applicable, the receipt of the application (whichever is the later).
(5) An authorised officer must not send postal voting papers to a person who did not apply in person for the postal voting papers if:
(a) the application is received after 6 pm on the 4th day before election day and the address to which the postal voting papers are to be sent is outside Australia; or
(b) the application is received after 6 pm on the second day before election day and the address to which the postal voting papers are to be sent is within Australia.
(6) An authorised officer may send postal voting papers to a person whose application is received later than a time mentioned in subregulation (5) if the officer considers doing so is appropriate, having regard to:
the special circumstances of the person; and
(b) the need to allow sufficient time for the papers to be completed by the person by 6 pm on election day; and
any other matters the officer considers relevant.
(7) An authorised officer may issue postal voting papers to a person who applies for postal voting papers in person under regulation 26(1) or 27(1) if the application is made by 6 pm on election day.
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