Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations3. Definitions
In these Regulations:
approved form means a form approved by the Electoral Commissioner.
area means the area that candidates in an election are to be elected to represent and includes, if a council area is divided into wards, each ward for which representatives are to be elected.
authorised officer or officer , see regulation 4.
authorised witness means:
(a) for Australia or an external Territory - a person enrolled as an elector under the Commonwealth Act; or
(b) for another place - a person who is at least 18 years old.
ballot box means a receptacle (that can be secured) suitable for the safe custody of ballot papers after they have been used for voting until the scrutiny.
ballot paper means a paper, prepared for an election in accordance with these regulations:
(a) containing the names of the candidates for election; and
(b) designed to allow a voter to vote by recording the order of the voter's preference for the candidates.
candidate square - the candidate squares are squares printed against the names of candidates on a ballot paper for the voter to record the order of the voter's preference for the candidates.
Commonwealth Act means the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth).
council area means the whole area of the council.
declaration ballot paper , see regulation 23.
early voting centre means a polling place appointed by the returning officer as an early voting centre (see regulation 14(1)(b)).
early voting period means the period (ending no later than 6 pm on the day before polling day) fixed as the early voting period by the returning officer.
election campaign material means an advertisement or other material intended to promote the electoral prospects of a particular candidate or group of candidates (but does not include material prepared or published by the Electoral Commission or the returning officer).
Electoral Commission means the Northern Territory Electoral Commission established by section 307 of the Electoral Act .
fail - an election fails as follows:
(a) it fails wholly if no candidate is elected;
(b) it fails partially if 1 or more candidates are elected but not as many as required to fill all vacancies that were to be filled at the election.
mobile polling period means the period (ending no later than 6 pm on polling day) fixed as the mobile polling period by the returning officer.
mobile polling place means a polling place appointed by the returning officer for mobile polling.
nomination day means the 23rd day before polling day.
polling day means the day fixed by or under the Act for an election or poll.
polling place means a place appointed by the returning officer for voting.
polling hours means:
(a) for a polling place (other than a mobile polling place) on polling day - the hours between 8 am and 6 pm on polling day; or
(b) for an early voting centre - the dates and hours of polling at the centre fixed by the returning officer; or
(c) for a mobile polling place - the dates and hours of polling at the mobile polling place fixed by the returning officer.
scrutineer means a person appointed by a candidate to represent the candidate during the polling or at the scrutiny of ballot papers.
scrutiny centre means a place appointed by the returning officer for the scrutiny of ballot papers.
to sign includes, for a person who is unable to sign his or her name, to make an identifying mark.