Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WORKPLACE RELATIONS REGULATIONS 2006 - REG 2.9.4

         (1)   For the definition of declaration envelope in section 450 of the Act, a declaration envelope provided to an employee by an authorised ballot agent must comply with the following form:

                (a)    the declaration envelope must be a smaller envelope that fits inside a prepaid envelope without needing to be folded;

               (b)    the declaration envelope must contain on it a removable flap or label with the following details printed on it:

                          (i)    the name and postal address of the employee;

                         (ii)    the declaration mentioned in subregulation (2);

                         (iii)    a place for the signature of the employee.

         (2)   The declaration must state that the employee:

                (a)    is the employee named on the envelope; and

               (b)    has voted on the ballot paper contained in the envelope; and

                (c)    has not voted before in this ballot.

         (3)   To preserve the secrecy of the vote, the authorised ballot agent must remove the flap or label mentioned in paragraph (1) (b) from the declaration envelope before removing the ballot paper from the envelope.