Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT (NO. 79 OF 1994) - SECT 11

11. (1) A referendum ballot paper—

        (a)     shall set out the referendum options;

        (b)     shall be in accordance with the form, if any, ascertained in accordance with the relevant referendum law;

        (c)     shall be printed in accordance with the requirements, if any, of the relevant referendum law; and

        (d)     shall bear an official mark in the approved form.

(2) The Commissioner may determine the colour of the paper on which referendum ballot papers are to be printed.

(3) If a referendum law does not make provision in relation to—

        (a)     the form of the referendum ballot paper; or

        (b)     the printing of the referendum ballot paper;

the form and printing of the referendum ballot paper shall be ascertained in accordance with the regulations.

(4) Where such regulations are in force, a reference in this Act to a referendum ballot paper shall be read as a reference to a referendum ballot paper in the form ascertained in accordance with the regulations except to the extent that such regulations are inconsistent with a referendum law.