(1) These regulations may be cited as the Compulsory Retirement Savings Scheme Referendum Regulations 1997.

(2) These regulations come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the Act means the Compulsory Retirement Savings Scheme Referendum Act 1997.

(2) A reference in these regulations to a numbered form is a reference to a form so numbered in the Schedule.

(1) The voting paper must be in form 1.

(2) A replacement voting paper posted under section 32(3)(a) of the Act must show the words Replacement voting paper on the detachable part of the voting paper.

(1) The declaration required to be made under section 25(2)(b) of the Act must be in form 2.

(2) The declaration required to be made under section 26(4)(b) of the Act must be in form 3.

(3) The declaration required to be made under section 26(5)(b) of the Act must be in form 4.

An application by an elector under section 32(1) of the Act for a replacement voting paper may be made orally or in writing, and must state the elector's—

• (a) full name:

• (b) date of birth:

• (c) occupation (if any):

• (d) current postal address:

• (e) previous postal address (where the original voting paper was not posted to the current postal address):

• (f) a daytime contact phone number (if available) and an evening contact phone number (if available).

An application by an elector under section 33(1) of the Act to have the voting paper faxed to the elector must be in writing, and must state—

• (a) the elector's full name:

• (b) the circumstances of the elector, in sufficient detail to enable the Returning Officer to assess the elector's eligibility to have the voting paper faxed to the elector:

• (c) the elector's date of birth:

• (d) the elector's occupation (if any):

• (e) the address shown against the elector's name on the referendum roll (if the elector knows that address):

• (f) the fax number to which the voting paper for the elector is to be faxed:

• (g) a daytime contact phone number (if available) and an evening contact phone number (if available).

(1) An application by an elector under section 33(2) of the Act to have the relevant parts of the voting paper dictated to the elector may be made orally or in writing, and must state—

• (a) the elector's full name:

• (b) the circumstances of the elector, in sufficient detail to enable the Returning Officer to assess the elector's eligibility to have the relevant parts of the voting paper dictated to the elector:

• (c) the elector's date of birth:

• (d) the elector's occupation (if any):

• (e) the address shown against the elector's name on the referendum roll (if the elector knows that address):

• (f) a phone number or other number that can be used to dictate the relevant parts of the voting paper to the elector:

• (g) a daytime contact phone number (if available) and an evening contact phone number (if available).

(2) If a voter who is entitled to vote by dictating his or her vote to the Returning Officer indicates to the Returning Officer that he or she wishes to vote in that way, the Returning Officer must receive the voter's dictation in an area where no one other than the Returning Officer is present or within hearing range.

(3) If under section 36(4) of the Act the Returning Officer has marked a voting paper in accordance with the voter's instructions, the Returning Officer must endorse on the back of the voting paper the words “Produced by dictation under section 36(4) of the Act,” and must sign and date the endorsement.