Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations27. Issue of postal voting papers
(1) An authorised officer must issue and send to an applicant (or an elector registered as a postal voter):
(a) a ballot paper (a postal ballot paper ); and
(b) 2 envelopes as follows:
(i) 1 having a postal vote certificate printed on it;
(ii) the other being an outer envelope addressed to the returning officer.
(2) The postal voting papers are to be sent as soon as practicable after the order of candidates' names on the ballot paper is determined or the receipt of the application (whichever is the later).
(3) However, an authorised officer must not send postal voting papers to an applicant if:
(a) the application is received after 6 pm on the fourth day before polling day and the address to which the postal voting papers are to be sent is outside Australia; or
(b) the application is received after 6 pm on the second day before polling day and the address to which the postal voting papers are to be sent is within Australia.