ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 175
Security of election materials and electronic resources
ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 175
Security of election materials and electronic resources
175 Security of election materials and electronic resources
(1) The
Electoral Commissioner must have the sealed packages containing marked and
unmarked ballot papers, declaration voting envelopes, authorised rolls and
other election materials used in the election kept securely until the
conclusion of the election's preservation period.
(2) The
Electoral Commissioner must have any electronic resources (including files,
programs, applications and spreadsheets) used in the election kept securely
until the conclusion of the election's preservation period.
(3) On the expiry
of the preservation period, the Electoral Commissioner may cause those papers,
materials and electronic resources to be destroyed.
(4) In this section,
"preservation period" , in relation to an election, means the period
commencing on the election day and ending on the latest of the following--
(b) the expiry of the period during which
the validity of the election may be disputed under this Act,
(c) if a
petition has, or petitions have, been filed under section 233--the date that
the Court of Disputed Returns determines the matters referred to in the
petition or petitions,
(d) if the Electoral Commissioner has authorised the
use of the papers and materials for research or analysis by members of staff
of the Electoral Commission--the conclusion of that research or analysis.
