Electoral and Referendum Regulations
Div 7Scrutiny of Postal Ballot-papers.
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Division 7.—Scrutiny of Postal Ballot-papers.
Preliminary and further scrutiny.
- The scrutiny of postal ballot-papers in a Senate election or a House of Representatives election or a referendum shall be conducted by the Divisional Returning Officer as provided for in Part XII. of the Act, and, in so far as it is not so provided for, shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in the same manner as is provided by these Regulations in relation to the scrutiny of absent voters’ ballot-papers:
Provided that for the purpose of the scrutiny of postal ballot-papers any reference in these Regulations, in relation to the scrutiny of absent voters’ ballot-papers, to the absent voters’ ballot-box shall be read as a reference to the postal ballot-box; any reference to a ballot-paper, or an absent voter’s ballot-paper, shall be read as a reference to a postal ballot-paper; and any reference to a declaration, or an absent voter’s declaration, shall be read as a reference to a postal vote certificate.
Postal ballot-papers, &c., how dealt with.
- The postal ballot-papers and postal vote certificates shall be dealt with as nearly as practicable in the manner provided by regulations 63 to 67 inclusive in relation to absent voters’ ballot-papers and absent voters’ declarations.