Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An elector is entitled to vote at a referendum where, if the referendum were an election, the elector would be entitled to vote at the election.
(2) For the purposes of voting at a referendum:
(a) claims for enrolment under section 101 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (other than claims that are taken, by subsection 99B(6) of that Act, to be made under section 101 of that Act) that are received during the period:
(i) beginning at 8 pm on the day of the issue of the writ for a referendum; and
(ii) ending on the close of voting at the referendum;
must not be considered until after the end of the period; and
(aa) claims for transfer of enrolment under section 101 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , and claims that are taken, by subsection 99B(6) of that Act, to be made under section 101 of that Act, that are received during the period:
(i) beginning at 8 pm on the day for which the Rolls for a referendum close; and
(ii) ending on the close of voting at the referendum;
must not be considered until after the end of the period; and
(b) a name shall not be removed from a roll under subsection 118(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 after the day of the issue of the writ for a referendum and before the close of voting at the referendum.
(3) A claim that is taken, by subsection 100(2) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , to be made under section 101 of that Act:
(a) is to be treated in accordance with paragraph (2)(aa) if the claim is made by a person who will turn 18 years old during the period:
(i) beginning at 8 pm on the day of the issue of the writ for a referendum; and
(ii) ending at the end of the voting day for the referendum; and
(b) otherwise--is to be treated in accordance with paragraph (2)(a).
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