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Electoral Act 2004
47Scrutineers – presence at voting centre and scrutiny centre
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47 Scrutineers – presence at voting centre and scrutiny centre
(1) A scrutineer representing a candidate during the voting for an
election is entitled to be present at a voting centre, and to enter or
leave a voting centre, when voters are allowed to vote at the place.
(2) However, only one scrutineer representing a particular candidate
may enter or remain at a particular voting centre at any time while
voters are allowed to vote at the place.
(3) A scrutineer representing a candidate during the scrutiny for an
election is entitled to be present at a scrutiny centre, and to enter or
leave a scrutiny centre, during the conduct of the scrutiny at the
(4) However, only one scrutineer representing a particular candidate
may enter or remain at a particular scrutiny centre at any time while
the scrutiny is conducted at the centre unless there is more than
one counting table for the division at the scrutiny centre in which
case the candidate is entitled to be represented by a scrutineer at
each table.
(5) A scrutineer who contravenes this section is no longer entitled to be
at the voting centre or scrutiny centre.