Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912 No 41
Current version for 26 November 2012 to date (accessed 23 May 2013 at 06:15)
Part 5Division 11ASection 114ZQA

114ZQA   Procedure for voting at declared institutions—general

(1)  The pre-poll voting officers are to afford an elector entitled to vote under this Division the opportunity to record his or her vote by visiting the elector at the declared institution of which the elector is, for the time being, a temporary or permanent resident or an inpatient.
(2)  A visit to an elector must not be made under this Division if the pre-poll voting officer is informed, by a legally qualified medical practitioner or member of the staff of the declared institution of which the elector is, for the time being, a temporary or permanent resident or an inpatient, that the visit is forbidden, on medical grounds, by a legally qualified medical practitioner.
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