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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 12 Hansard (13 November) . . Page.. 4172 ..

Clause 28

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General) (8.11): Mr Speaker, I have circulated some amendments to the Bill. I move amendment No. 1, circulated in my name, which reads:

Page 12, line 10, omit the clause, substitute the following clause:

"Schedule 3

28. Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by omitting clause 6 and substituting the following clause:

`6. (1) In this clause -

`relevant provision' means -

(a) in the case of a vote under section 135 - subsection 135(4);

(b) in the case of a vote under section 136A - subsection 136A(8);

(c) in the case of a vote under section 136B - subsection 135(4) as applied by subsection 136B(18); or

(d) in the case of a vote under section 136C - subsection 135(4) as applied by subsection 136C(6).

`(2) This clause applies to a set of declaration voting papers if the officer is satisfied that -

(a) the signature on the declaration is that of the elector;

(b) the certificate by the witness is in accordance with the relevant provision;

(c) in the case of a postal vote where the papers were posted to the Commissioner - the papers were so posted before the close of the poll; and

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