REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 73CB Provisions relating to scrutineers

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 73CB

  (1)   A person commits an offence if the person:

  (a)   is a scrutineer appointed under section   73CA; and

  (b)   interferes with or attempts to influence any elector within a pre - poll voting office.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months.

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is a scrutineer appointed under section   73CA; and

  (b)   the person communicates with someone else in a pre - poll voting office; and

  (c)   the communication is not reasonably necessary for the discharge of the person's functions as a scrutineer.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months.

  (3)   A scrutineer appointed under section   73CA must not be prevented from entering or leaving a pre - poll voting office on a day, and during the hours, declared under paragraph   73AA(1)(b).

  (4)   A person who is in a pre - poll voting office in the capacity of a scrutineer must wear a badge, supplied by the Electoral Commission, that identifies the person as a scrutineer.

  (5)   A scrutineer appointed under section   73CA who:

  (a)   commits any breach of this section; or

  (b)   is guilty of misconduct at a pre - poll voting office; or

  (c)   fails at a pre - poll voting office to obey the lawful directions of a pre - poll voting officer;

may be removed from the polling booth by a constable.