Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAuthorisation details must be included on how-to-vote card
(1) The following information (the authorisation details ) must be included at the top or bottom of each printed face of a how-to-vote card:
(a) the name and address of the person who authorised the how-to-vote card;
(b) the following information (to the extent that it is not already required by paragraph (a)):
(i) if the card is authorised by or on behalf of a registered political party, or by or on behalf of a candidate who is endorsed by a registered political party--the name of the registered political party;
(ii) if the card is authorised by or on behalf of a candidate who is not endorsed by a registered political party--the candidate's name, and the word "candidate".
(2) The font size of the authorisation details must be at least:
(a) 10 point, if the size of the how-to-vote card is A6 or smaller; or
(b) 14 point, if the size of the how-to-vote card is larger than A6 but smaller than A3; or
(c) 20 point, if the size of the how-to-vote card is A3 or larger.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), the comparison between the size of a how-to-vote card and a standard paper size mentioned in that subsection is to be done by comparing the area of the how-to-vote card with the area of the standard paper size (regardless of the shape of the how-to-vote card).
Offence of publishing etc. how-to-vote card that does not contain required authorisation details
(4) A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:
(a) the first person:
(i) publishes or distributes a document; or
(ii) causes, permits or authorises another person to publish or distribute a document; and
(b) that conduct of the first person occurs during the relevant period for an election; and
(c) the document is a how-to-vote card; and
(d) the how-to-vote card does not comply with the requirements of subsections (1) and (2) relating to authorisation details; and
(e) if regulations made for the purpose of this paragraph provide that this subsection does not apply to prescribed kinds of articles--the how-to-vote card is not an article of any of those kinds.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Offence of publishing etc. how-to-vote card that contains false authorisation details
(5) A person (the first person ) commits an offence if:
(a) the first person:
(i) publishes or distributes a document; or
(ii) causes, permits or authorises another person to publish or distribute a document; and
(b) that conduct of the first person occurs during the relevant period for an election; and
(c) the document is a how-to-vote card; and
(d) some or all of the authorisation details on the how-to-vote card are false; and
(e) if regulations made for the purpose of this paragraph provide that this subsection does not apply to prescribed kinds of article--the how-to-vote card is not an article of any of those kinds.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Definition
(6) In this section:
"address of a person" means an address, including a full street address and suburb or locality, at which the person can usually be contacted during the day. It does not include a post office box.