Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128:schedule:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 4 (pt 2/19)
Character Range: 312531–315116

that:
 (i) the signature purports to be witnessed by an authorised witness; or
 (ii) the signature is taken to be witnessed by an authorised witness because of subsection 65(1A); and
 (b) in the case of an envelope purporting to contain a pre‑poll vote ballot paper, that the certificate has been signed in accordance with section 73D and that the signature purports to be witnessed by the officer who issued the certificate; and
 (c) in the case of an envelope purporting to contain an absent vote ballot paper or a provisional vote ballot paper, that the declaration has been signed in accordance with section 46 or 37, or under subsection 36(4), as the case may be, and that the signature purports to be witnessed in accordance with that section or subsection, as the case requires; and
 (ca) in the case of an envelope purporting to contain a provisional vote ballot paper and in relation to which paragraph 3A applies—that the signature on the envelope is that of the elector; and
 (cb) in the case of an envelope purporting to contain a postal ballot paper, a pre‑poll vote ballot paper, an absent vote ballot paper or a provisional vote ballot paper, cast by an elector who is provisionally enrolled—that, by the first Friday following the polling day for that election, the elector has provided an officer with evidence that the elector has become an Australian citizen under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007
 (e) in the case of an envelope purporting to contain a postal ballot paper, that the vote marked on the ballot paper was recorded prior to the close of the voting.
 6AA. Despite subparagraphs 6(b) and (c), the DRO may treat an envelope as having met the requirements of paragraph 6 if the DRO is satisfied that:
 (a) the envelope purports to contain either:
 (i) a pre‑poll vote ballot paper for an elector who, but for paragraph 73CG(1)(c), would have been entitled to vote by pre‑poll ordinary vote; or
 (ii) an absent vote ballot paper for an elector; and
 (b) the ballot paper was issued to the elector by a voting officer using an approved list of voters for a Division in accordance with Parts III and IVA; and
 (c) the elector is neither a designated elector nor a person whose address has been excluded or deleted from a Roll under section 104 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918; and
 (d) it is appropriate to do so.
 6A. If the DRO is satisfied that more than one envelope that meets the requirements of paragraph 6 purports to contain a declaration vote by the same elector, the DRO must:
 (a) treat only one of the envelopes, as selected by the DRO,