Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUMS ACT - SECT 56

The Chief Electoral Officer may declare the results of a referendum if he or she is satisfied that any ballot-papers that:

        (a)     have not been received by a Divisional Returning Officer; or

        (b)     have not been dealt with in accordance with this Act,

cannot, due to the number of those ballot-papers, affect the outcome of a determination of the results of a referendum.