Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in these Regulations to a claim to vote, a ballot-paper or voting includes a reference to:
(a) a claim to vote for the purpose of casting a vote under section 25 of the Act at a referendum before 6.00 p.m. on the day before the polling;
(b) a ballot-paper used in connection with casting a vote under section 25 of the Act; and
(c) voting under section 25 of the Act.
(2) For the purposes of conducting voting at a referendum under section 25 of the Act, the Chief Electoral Officer may:
(a) divide the Territory into regions; and
(b) if he or she thinks fit, assign a name to each region.
(3) If a voter casts his or her vote at a location that is not within the region in which the division for which he or she is enrolled is situated, the voter must, after complying with section 34(a), (b) and (c) of the Act:
(a) place the ballot-paper on which he or she has marked his or her vote in an envelope bearing the name of the division for which he or she is enrolled;
(b) seal the envelope; and
(c) in complying with section 34(d) of the Act, deposit the envelope in a ballot-box at the location.
(4) As soon as practicable after 6.00 p.m. on the day before polling day, the officer conducting polling at a location must send or deliver the ballot-box in which ballot-papers were deposited at the location to an officer conducting a determination of the results of the poll.
(5) In this regulation:
"location" means a location where a voter casts his or her vote under section 25(2) of the Act.
"region" means an area comprised of one or more divisions.
"voter" means an elector entitled to vote at a referendum who applies under section 25(1) of the Act to an officer conducting voting at a referendum before 6.00 p.m. on the day before the polling day and who there and then votes at the referendum.