Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (ELECTORAL) ACT 1988 No. 107 of 1988 - SECT 5

5.For the purposes of sections 19 and 21, where the next available preference
indicated on a ballot-paper cannot be determined because the same number
appears in more than one square on the ballot-paper:

   (a)  where only one of those squares is opposite the name of a party or an
        independent candidate, the next available preference shall be taken to
        be for that party or candidate;

   (b)  where 2 or more of those squares are opposite the names of parties or
        independent candidates, the ballot-paper shall not be taken to
        indicate a next available preference;

   (c)  where all those squares are opposite the names of candidates of the
        particular party, the next available preference shall be taken to be
        for that party; and

   (d)  where all those squares are opposite the names of candidates of
        parties and 2 or more of them are opposite the names of candidates of
        different parties, the ballot-paper shall not be taken to indicate a
        next available preference.