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(1) This section applies when the Governor-General makes an Order in Council under section 22(2)(a) appointing the date on which the indicative referendum is to be held under this Act.
(2) This section is subject to the provisions of this Act and of any regulations made under this Act.
(3) The indicative referendum is taken in the manner prescribed by the Electoral Act 1993 for the taking of an electoral poll.
(4) The provisions of the Electoral Act 1993 and of any regulations made under that Act, as far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, apply to the indicative referendum as if it were an electoral poll.
(5) However, the sections of the Electoral Act 1993 that do not apply to an indicative referendum are sections 4 to 15, 28 to 38, 41 to 45(8), 46 to 59, 62 to 71, 113, 125 to 140, 143 to 146L, 148 to 154, 157(2), 160(1), (3), (4), and (8), 165(1)(b), 168(1) to (3), 170(6), 174(4), 179(1)(a), 180(1) to (5), 180(7)(e), 181, 183, 185, 186, 191 to 193A, 196A, 197 to 199, 203, 204, 205 to 210F, 221, 221A, 229 to 231, 236(3), 236(8), 237 to 239, 243 to 246, 256(1)(c), 256(2), 256(3), 258 to 262, 264, 267, 268, and 269 to 284.
The original section 24 was substituted, as from 1 July 1995, by section 6 Citizens Initiated Referenda Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 146).
Sections 24, 25, 26 and 26A were substituted, as from 15 November 2000, by section 88 Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000 (2000 No 48).
The original subsection (2) was substituted, as from 6 December 1995, by section 8 Citizens Initiated Referenda Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 62).
Subsection (5) was substituted, as from 28 February 2002, by section 101(2) Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 1).
Section 24(5): amended, on 1 March 2009, by section 16 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1).
Section 24(5): amended, on 20 December 2007, by section 150 of the Electoral Finance Act 2007 (2007 No 111).