Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUMS ACT - SECT 26

(1) Part 7 of the Northern Territory Electoral Act , with the necessary changes, applies to a referendum as if a reference in that Part to an election were a reference to a referendum.

(2) A form prescribed by the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations for the purposes of Part 7 of the Northern Territory Electoral Act can be used for the purposes of that Part as applying to a referendum because of subsection (1).

(3) Subject to section 89, a postal ballot-paper must not be issued until 7 clear days after the issue of the writ for a referendum.