Compulsory Retirement Savings Scheme Referendum Act 1997

  • repealed
  • Compulsory Retirement Savings Scheme Referendum Act 1997: repealed, on 2 April 1998, by section 2.
32 Dispatching replacement voting papers by post
  • (1) A person may apply to the Returning Officer for a replacement voting paper, on the grounds that—

    • (a) He or she is an elector; and

    • (b) He or she has—

      • (i) Spoilt, destroyed, or lost his or her voting paper; or

      • (ii) Not received his or her voting paper.

    (2) An application must—

    • (a) Be made before noon on the second day before the last day of the voting period; and

    • (b) Be made in the prescribed manner; and

    • (c) Contain the elector's current postal address.

    (3) If the Returning Officer is satisfied that the person is an elector, the Returning Officer must—

    • (a) Post the elector 1 voting paper addressed to the elector at his or her current postal address; and

    • (b) Make a mark on the Returning Officer's copy, by the elector's name, to indicate that the Returning Officer posted a replacement voting paper to the elector; and

    • (c) Provide the Chief Registrar with the name, date of birth, and current postal address of the elector, if the current postal address is different from the postal address shown on the Returning Officer's copy.