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ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 67

ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 67

67—Appointment of scrutineers

        (1)         Each candidate may appoint 1 or more scrutineers for the purposes of an election.

        (2)         A person cannot act as a scrutineer at a particular place on behalf of a candidate unless or until a copy of a written notice of appointment of the person as a scrutineer, signed by the candidate, is presented to the officer presiding at that place.

        (3)         Except where the returning officer allows a greater number of scrutineers—

            (a)         for each polling booth there must not be more than two scrutineers in respect of each individual candidate or group of candidates;

            (b)         for each counting centre there must not be more than—

                  (i)         two scrutineers in respect of each individual candidate or group of candidates; or

                  (ii)         if counting of votes takes place simultaneously at two or more places in the counting centre—one scrutineer for each such place in respect of each individual candidate or group of candidates.

        (4)         A scrutineer may, by notice given to the officer presiding at a polling booth or counting centre, appoint a substitute to act for him or her during a temporary absence of the scrutineer from the polling booth or counting centre.