Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 172

    (1)     As soon as practicable after the close of nominations for an election in relation to an electorate for which an Antarctic elector is enrolled—

        (a)     the commissioner shall transmit to the returning officer at whose station the elector is based—

              (i)     an extract from the preliminary certified list of electors for the electorate containing the particulars relating to the elector; and

              (ii)     directions for the preparation by the officer of ballot papers for the election; and

        (b)     the returning officer shall prepare ballot papers in accordance with the directions.

    (2)     The directions shall ensure, so far as practicable, that the ballot papers are the same as ballot papers prepared under division 9.2 for the election.