ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 49
ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 49
49—Deferral of election
(1) Despite any other
provision of this Act, the person who issued a writ for an election may, in
order to meet a difficulty that has arisen in relation to the conduct of the
election, by notice published in a newspaper circulating generally throughout
the State, defer—
(a) the
date and time for the close of the rolls;
(b) the
date for—
(i)
the nomination; or
(ii)
the polling; or
(iii)
the return of the writ.
(2) A date or time
fixed by notice under subsection (1) will be taken to have been validly
fixed by the writ.
(3) A deferment will
not be granted under subsection (1) if the effect of the deferment would
be to postpone polling by more than 21 days from the date originally fixed by
the writ.