Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 72

The returning officer for a division, on receiving a writ for an election in respect of that division, is to –

(a) endorse on the writ the date of its receipt; and

(b) fix a place at which and the hours during which he or she will receive nominations; and

(c) as soon as practicable publish, in at least one newspaper approved for the purpose and circulating generally in the division, a notice of –

(i) the receipt of the writ; and

(ii) the particulars of the writ; and

(iii) the address of the place and hours fixed under paragraph (b).