Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2020 (NO. 28 OF 2020) - SECT 18

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    (5)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a person attends before an authorised officer on a day and at a time determined under subsection (2); and

        (b)     the person makes a declaration to the effect that the person is an eligible elector; and

        (c)     the authorised officer is satisfied that the preliminary certified list of electors for an electorate—

              (i)     includes the person's name; and

              (ii)     states an address for the person or indicates that the person's address is suppressed; and

              (iii)     has not been marked so as to indicate that a ballot paper has already been issued to the person.

    (5A)     The authorised officer must issue a ballot paper to the person for the electorate.