Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00022:clause:1_10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00022
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10
Character Range: 7691–8565

10  After subsection 185(1)
Insert:

 (1A) If, as permitted by subsection 184A(5), an elector applies to be registered as a general postal voter on the ground referred to in paragraph 184A(2)(i) or (j) before he or she has left Australia, the DRO to whom the application is made must not register the applicant as a general postal voter until the DRO believes, on reasonable grounds, that the elector has left Australia.

 (1B) For the purposes of subsection (1A), in considering whether he or she believes, on reasonable grounds, that an elector has left Australia, the DRO:
 (a) may have regard to information included in the elector's application relating to his or her likely date of departure; and
 (b) is not required to obtain, or have regard to, other information, but may obtain, and have regard to, other information if the DRO considers it appropriate to do so.