The following provisions apply to the taking of provisional votes under sections 119(4a), 122(2) or 122A(1) of the Act ¾

(a) the declaration required to be made by a person under section 119(4), 122(1) or 122A(1) of the Act is to be in the form of Form 31 in Schedule 3 and is to be signed in the presence of an authorised person who is to attest the signature of the person to the declaration;

(b) the declaration referred to in paragraph (a) is to be attached to the envelope to be used for the purpose of forwarding the ballot paper to the Electoral Commissioner;

(c) the ballot paper issued for the purposes of provisional voting is to contain the particulars relevant to the district or region for which the vote is to be cast, and if necessary those particulars may be endorsed on the ballot paper by the appropriate officer;

(d) the person claiming the provisional vote is to indicate his or her vote on the ballot paper in the manner prescribed by section 128 of the Act, fold the ballot paper, put it in the envelope attached to the declaration made by the person under paragraph (a), and deposit the fastened envelope in a sealed ballot box in use at the polling place where the vote was cast.

[Regulation 15 amended in Gazette 10 November 2000 pp.6166-7.]