Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1994 - SECT 8

    (1)     Where, within 30 days of the passage of a referendum law, the commissioner receives—

        (a)     an authorised statement, consisting of not more than 2 000 words, of the arguments in favour of the matter to be submitted to referendum; or

        (b)     an authorised statement, consisting of not more than 2 000 words, of the arguments against the matter to be submitted to referendum;

the commissioner shall, not later than 14 days before the relevant referendum day, cause each argument to be printed in a similar typeface and typestyle in a pamphlet containing the relevant arguments and to be posted, as nearly as practicable—

        (c)     to each elector; or

        (d)     to each household in the Territory.

    (2)     In subsection (1):

"authorised statement" means—

        (a)     in the case of a statement referred to in subsection (1) (a)—a statement authorised by a majority of the members of the Assembly who voted in favour of the relevant referendum law; and

        (b)     in the case of a statement referred to in subsection (1) (b)—a statement authorised by a majority of the members of the Assembly who voted against the relevant referendum law.