72Adjournment of polling

72 Adjournment of polling (1) The officer in charge of a polling place may adjourn polling at the place on the polling day if it is not practicable to proceed with polling because of riot, violence, fire, storm, flood or another similar event. (2) The officer in charge must, immediately after adjourning polling at the place under subsection (1), notify the Commission of the adjournment.

Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011 39 (3) The Commission must decide a day (as soon as practicable, but no later than 21 days, after the adjournment) as the day when polling is to resume if the Commission reasonably believes it is not reasonably practicable for an elector affected by the adjournment to cast a vote at another polling place. (4) If it is impracticable to resume the polling at the same polling place, the Commission must decide the polling place where polling may be resumed. (5) The Commission must, as soon as practicable, give notice to the public that is reasonable in the circumstances of the adjournment and any decision under subsection (3) or (4). (6) On the resumption of polling, an elector is entitled to vote only if: (a) the elector has not already voted; and (b) the elector was entitled to vote at the polling place in relation to which polling was adjourned.