Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128:section:67
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 67
Character Range: 140432–142048

67  Procedure for dealing with postal vote certificates etc.
 (1) In this section:
officer means:
 (a) a pre‑poll voting officer; or
 (b) a presiding officer; or
 (c) the holder of a particular office (other than a DRO) provided for by Division 3 or 4 of Part II of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 or by section 5 or 6 of this Act; or
 (e) a mobile polling team leader; or
 (f) a member of the staff of the Electoral Commission referred to in subparagraph 65(2)(h)(ii).
presiding officer does not include a mobile polling team leader who is deemed to be a presiding officer.
 (2) Where:
 (a) a DRO receives an envelope bearing a postal vote certificate and purporting to contain a postal ballot paper issued in respect of a Division other than the Division for which the DRO is appointed; or
 (b) an officer receives an envelope bearing a postal vote certificate and purporting to contain a postal ballot paper;
the DRO or officer shall:
 (c) endorse on the envelope "Received by me" and the date and time of receipt;
 (d) sign the endorsement, adding the appropriate designation (see subsection (3));
 (e) make a record of the name of the voter and the name of the Division as shown in the postal vote certificate;
 (f) deal with the envelope in accordance with whichever of subsections (4), (5) and (6) applies.
 (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(d), the appropriate designation is as set out in the following table.

Item  If the person signing the endorsement is ...                                                                                                       the appropriate designation is ...