15Voter requiring assistance to vote

15 Voter requiring assistance to vote

(1) If: (a) a registered secure telephone voter requires another individual’s assistance to vote; and (b) when the voter requests to vote by a secure telephone vote, the voter informs a call centre operator that they require the other individual’s assistance to vote by a secure telephone vote; the other individual may assist the voter to vote by a secure telephone vote. (2) An individual commits an offence if: (a) another individual (the voter) requests to vote by a secure telephone vote; and (b) the voter does not tell a call centre operator that the voter requires another individual’s assistance; and (c) the individual assists the voter to tell a call centre operator how the voter wants the ballot paper to be marked under section 14.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) This section does not apply to assistance provided by the following services: (a) the National Relay Service; (b) a telephone interpreter service provided for the purposes of voting by a secure telephone vote. (4) Nothing in this instrument prevents an individual from using a service referred to in subsection (3) to make an application to be registered as a secure telephone voter, to request to vote by a secure telephone vote or to vote by a secure telephone vote.