ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 163
Appointment of ballot counting place
ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 163
Appointment of ballot counting place
(1) The Electoral Commissioner is
to-- (a) appoint for each district one or more places for the counting of
ballot papers for the election (
"ballot counting places" ), and
(b) publish the appointment of such
ballot counting places on the Electoral Commission's website at a time
determined by the Electoral Commissioner.
(2) A ballot counting place for a
district may be within or outside the district concerned (including outside
New South Wales and outside Australia).
(3) A single ballot counting place
may be appointed for 2 or more districts.
(4) The Electoral Commissioner may
abolish any ballot counting place appointed under this section. The
Electoral Commissioner is to cause notice of any such abolition of a
ballot counting place to be published on the Electoral Commission's website at
a time determined by the Electoral Commissioner.
