Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 98

             (1)  The Electoral Commissioner must, immediately after receiving the statements sent under section 97:

                     (a)  certify, in relation to each State, in relation to the Australian Capital Territory, in relation to the Northern Territory and in relation to the whole Commonwealth:

                              (i)  the number of votes given in favour of the proposed law; and

                             (ii)  the number of votes given not in favour of the proposed law; and

                            (iii)  the number of ballot-papers rejected as informal;

                            and attach the certificate to the original writ; and

                     (b)  return the writ and the certificate to the Governor-General.

             (2)  The Electoral Commissioner must publish a copy of the certificate referred to in paragraph (1)(a) in the Gazette , and a copy of such a certificate so published is, subject to Part VIII, conclusive evidence of the result of the referendum to which it relates.