Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 59

                   Where the voting day for a referendum is the same as the polling day for an election:

                     (a)  an application for a postal vote in the election shall also have effect as an application for a postal vote in the referendum;

                     (b)  section 58 does not apply for the purposes of the referendum;

                     (c)  a person who is entitled to receive a postal ballot-paper under section 186 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 for the purposes of the election is also entitled to receive, in the same manner, a postal ballot-paper for the purposes of the referendum;

                     (d)  a postal vote certificate for the purposes of the election also has effect as a postal vote certificate for the purposes of the referendum;

                     (e)  a reference in an application or certificate to the election shall be regarded as including a reference to the referendum; and

                      (f)  a ballot-paper bearing the postal vote of an elector in the referendum may be enclosed in the same envelope as the postal ballot-paper bearing the elector's postal vote in the election.