7Telephone voting method to be provided to the extent feasible

7 Telephone voting method to be provided to the extent feasible

(1) If the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied that it has become unfeasible to provide, or continue to provide, a telephone voting method in accordance with this Part to any extent for any period for a general election, Senate election or by‑election, then, to that extent, and throughout that period: (a) this instrument does not require or entitle an individual to be registered as a secure telephone voter; and (b) this instrument does not require a registered secure telephone voter to be enabled to vote by a secure telephone vote or entitle a registered secure telephone voter to vote by a secure telephone vote; and (c) this instrument does not require any other function or duty to be performed, or any other power to be exercised, under this instrument. (2) As soon as practicable after being so satisfied, the Electoral Commissioner must: (a) make a written record of that fact, the extent and the period; and (b) publish the record on the Commission’s website. (3) The record must remain available on the website for 40 days after the polling day for the election. (4) Any failure to provide a telephone voting method in accordance with this Part does not invalidate the result of a general election, Senate election or by‑election.