Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (3) each polling place appointed under section 100(1)(a)
or (c) shall be a counting place.
(2) The Returning
Officer may, by notice published in a newspaper circulating in the region or
district, appoint such other counting places as he considers necessary for the
region or district.
(3) The Returning
Officer may, by notice published in a newspaper circulating in the region or
district, declare that subsection (1) does not apply to a polling place
specified in the notice.
(4) The Returning
Officer shall appoint Assistant Returning Officers to count, at counting
places referred to in subsection (1) or appointed under
subsection (2), votes cast at one or more polling places.
(5) This
section does not limit section 134(3).
[Section 141 inserted by No. 79 of 1987
s. 62; amended by No. 64 of 2006 s. 53.]