Victorian Repealed Regulations Victorian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
S.R. No. 134/1996
Version incorporating amendments as at 26 September 2006
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
PART 1-PRELIMINARY
1. Objective
2. Authorising provisions
3. Definitions
PART 2-POLLS
Division 1-Requests, Declarations, Notices and Appointments
4. Request for a poll
5. Declaration by returning officer or deputy returning officers
6. Appointment of scrutineers
7. Declaration form for an unenrolled voter at a poll by attendance voting
8. Declaration form for unidentified voter at a poll by attendance voting
Division 2-Ballot-papers
9. Ballot-paper for a poll
10. No changes to be made to form of ballot paper
11. Validity of ballot-paper
Division 3-Electronic Counting
12. Use of electronic counting equipment
Division 4-Polls by Attendance Voting
Subdivision 1-Preliminary
13. Application of Division
Subdivision 2-Holding of a poll
14. Polling places
15. Polling booths
16. Persons who can remain in polling booth
17. Persons who can speak to voter in polling booth
18. Scrutineers
19. Hours of polling
20. Ballot-box to be kept closed
21. Issue of ballot-papers
22. Identification of voters
23. Procedure if second ballot-paper applied for
24. Certain ballot-papers to be kept separate
25. Adjournment of poll
Subdivision 3-Voting and the counting of votes
26. Spoilt ballot-papers
27. Method of voting
28. Place where votes to be counted
29. Procedure if count at polling booth or polling place
30. Procedure if count at central counting place
31. Adjournment of count
32. Safe custody of ballot-papers
Subdivision 4-Pre-poll Voting at a Polling Place
33. Application of pre-poll voting
34. Provision of pre-poll voting
35. Ballot-boxes
36. Procedure at close of pre-poll voting
Subdivision 5-Pre-poll Voting by Post
37. Application to vote by post
38. Consideration of application to vote by post
39. Issue of ballot-papers
40. Record of issue of ballot-papers
41. Method of voting
42. Postal ballot-box
43. Entitlement to vote personally
44. Receipt of completed declaration envelopes
45. Declaration envelopes received on poll day
46. Comparing signatures
47. Counting of votes
48. Dealing with voting materials
49. Returning officer to deal with late applications and
ballot-papers
Subdivision 6-Mobile Polling Booths
50. Times and places of opening
51. Not open whilst in transit
52. Notice
53. Must be open during times stated in notice
54. Invalidity
55. Procedure at close of voting
Subdivision 7-How-To-Vote Cards
56. Application for registration
57. Person's name identified
58. Matters to be considered
59. Returning Officer's endorsement
60. Copies of card
Division 5-Polls by postal voting
61. Application of Division
62. Notice of poll
63. Change to last day of voting
64. Ballot-papers and declaration envelopes
65. Issue of postal ballot envelope
66. Record of issue of postal ballot envelopes
67. A request to redirect postal ballot envelope
68. Issue of duplicate voting materials
69. Return of declaration envelopes and ballot-papers
70. Returning officer to deal with declaration envelopes on receipt
71. Security of declaration envelopes
72. Record of return of declaration envelopes
73. Scrutineers
74. Place where votes to be counted
75. Handling of poll materials
76. Adjournment of count
77. Safe custody of postal ballot materials
78. Disposal of ballot-papers
Division 6-Miscellaneous provisions
79. Recount of votes
80. Safe custody of ballot-papers
81. Disposal of ballot-papers
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SCHEDULE-Prescribed Forms
Form 1A-Request for a Poll of Voters about Closure of Non-exempt Shops on all Sundays
Form 1B-Request for a Poll of Voters about Closure of Non-exempt
Shops on Certain Hours on Sundays
Form 2-Declaration by a Returning Officer or a Deputy Returning Officer
Form 3-Scrutineer-Appointment and Declaration
Form 4-Declaration by Unenrolled Voter
Form 5-Declaration by Unidentified Voter/or Person who Applies for
a Second Ballot-paper
Form 6-Ballot-paper for Ahop Trading Reform Poll
Form 7-Application for Postal Vote
Form 8-Endorsement for Declaration Envelope
Form 9-Instructions to Voter
Form 10-Application for Registration of How-to-vote Card
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ENDNOTES
1. General Information
2. Table of Amendments
3. Explanatory Details