Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128:section:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 2/6)
Character Range: 15139–17848

Electoral Officer for a Territory appointed under section 5 of this Act or, where the voting day for a referendum is the same as that fixed for the polling at an election, under section 30 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
Australian Electoral Officer for the Australian Capital Territory means the Australian Electoral Officer for the Australian Capital Territory appointed under:
 (a) section 5 of this Act; or
 (b) if the voting day for a referendum is the same as that fixed for the polling at an election—section 30 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
Australian Electoral Officer for the Northern Territory means an Australian Electoral Officer for the Northern Territory referred to in section 20 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
authorized witness, in relation to any act or thing done by a person for the purposes of voting at a referendum, means:
 (a) in a case to which paragraph (b) does not apply—an elector; or
 (b) in the case of an act or thing done outside Australia:
 (i) an elector;
 (ii) an officer of the Defence Force or of the naval, military or air forces of a Commonwealth country;
 (iii) a member of the civil or public service of a State or Territory or of a Commonwealth country;
 (iiia) a person appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999; or
 (iv) a justice of the peace for, or a minister of religion or medical practitioner resident in, a State or Territory or a Commonwealth country; or
 (v) an Australian citizen.
For the purposes of this definition, Commonwealth country means a political entity, or part of a political entity, that is a member of the international organisation known as the Commonwealth of Nations.
capital city office of the Electoral Commission has the meaning given by subsection 90A(3) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
carriage service provider has the meaning given by section 87 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
certified list of voters, in respect of a Division, means a list prepared and certified under subsection 22(1).
civil penalty provision has the meaning given by the Regulatory Powers Act.
compartment means:
 (a) in relation to a polling booth—a compartment constructed in the polling booth pursuant to section 20; and
 (b) in relation to a place at which pre‑poll ordinary voting is available—a compartment constructed in the place pursuant to section 73CE.
Note: For the places at which pre‑poll ordinary voting is available, see section 73CD.
constable means a member or a special member of the Australian Federal Police or a member of the Police Force of a State or Territory.
Controller‑General of Prisons, in relation to a State or Territory, means the official having control of the prisons of