Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 40

                   Where the voting day for a referendum is the same as that fixed for the polling at an election:

                     (a)  a declaration made for the purposes of the election under section 235 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 shall be deemed to be a declaration made under subsection 37(2) of this Act; and

                     (b)  a ballot‑paper containing the vote of a person claiming to vote pursuant to section 37 of this Act may be enclosed in the same envelope as that in which the ballot‑paper containing the vote of the person under section 235 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is enclosed.