Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 1997
87Assistance to certain voters
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87 Assistance to certain voters
(1) If any voter satisfies the *Antarctic Returning Officer for the *station where the person is voting that his or her sight is so impaired or that the voter is so physically incapacitated that he or she is unable to vote without assistance, the Antarctic Returning Officer must permit a person appointed by the voter to enter an unoccupied part of the station with the voter, mark, fold, and deposit the voter’s ballot‑paper.
(2) If any such voter fails to appoint a person under subsection (1) the *Antarctic Returning Officer must mark, fold and deposit his or her ballot‑paper. The Antarctic Returning Officer must do so in the presence of such scrutineers as are present, or, if there be no scrutineers present, then if the voter so desires, in the presence of a person appointed by such voter.