Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 32

             (1)  The claim of a person to vote at a referendum shall not be rejected by reason only:

                     (a)  that the person's Christian or given name has been omitted from the Roll or from a certified list of voters; or

                     (b)  of the entry in the Roll or in a certified list of voters of a wrong Christian or given name, a wrong sex, a wrong date of birth, a wrong address or of a wrongly spelt surname;

if, in the opinion of the presiding officer, the person is sufficiently identified.

             (2)  The claim of a female elector to vote at a referendum shall not be rejected by reason only that she has changed her surname by reason of marriage and that that change has not been reflected in the Roll.