ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 119
Appointment of scrutineers
ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 119
Appointment of scrutineers
119 Appointment of scrutineers
(1) The following persons or bodies are
entitled to appoint one or more scrutineers on the person or body's behalf at
a voting centre or a ballot counting place--
(2) A person (other than a candidate) is qualified for
appointment as a scrutineer if the person is enrolled for the district or any
other district.
(3) The Electoral Commissioner may approve a form for the
purposes of this section that provides for both--
(a) the appointment of a
scrutineer by a candidate or a registered party, and
(b) a declaration to be
made and signed by the scrutineer.
(4) The appointment by a candidate or a
registered party of a scrutineer is to be made in the form approved under
subsection (3).
(5) A person appointed as a scrutineer is to make and sign a
declaration in the form approved under subsection (3).
(6) The person
appointed as a scrutineer cannot act as scrutineer on any day unless the
person presents the completed form (comprising a single document) on that day
to the voting centre manager or to the election official, as the case
requires.
(7) The declaration is to be made and signed on each day referred
to in subsection (6) before the Electoral Commissioner or
voting centre manager or the election official, as the case requires, at the
place at which the scrutineer intends to act as scrutineer.
(8) A reference
in this section to a completed form includes a reference to a copy of a
completed form, but the copy is to be duly signed on each day as required by
subsection (7).
(9) Part 4 of the Oaths Act 1900 applies to a declaration
made under this section as if it were made under that Act.
(10) A reference
in this section to a candidate, in relation to a candidate who is included in
a group for the purpose of a periodic Council election, is taken to be a
reference only to the candidate first in the order, referred to in section 86
(4), in that group.
