119Appointment of scrutineers

#### 119 Appointment of scrutineers 119 Appointment of scrutineers > > (1) The following persons or bodies are entitled to appoint one or more scrutineers on the person or body’s behalf at a voting centre or a ballot counting place— > > > > > (a) a candidate, > > > > > (b) a registered party. > > > (2) A person (other than a candidate) is qualified for appointment as a scrutineer if the person is enrolled for the district or any other district. > > > (3) The Electoral Commissioner may approve a form for the purposes of this section that provides for both— > > > > > (a) the appointment of a scrutineer by a candidate or a registered party, and > > > > > (b) a declaration to be made and signed by the scrutineer. > > > (4) The appointment by a candidate or a registered party of a scrutineer is to be made in the form approved under subsection (3). > > > (5) A person appointed as a scrutineer is to make and sign a declaration in the form approved under subsection (3). > > > (6) The person appointed as a scrutineer cannot act as scrutineer on any day unless the person presents the completed form (comprising a single document) on that day to the voting centre manager or to the election official, as the case requires. > > > (7) The declaration is to be made and signed on each day referred to in subsection (6) before the Electoral Commissioner or voting centre manager or the election official, as the case requires, at the place at which the scrutineer intends to act as scrutineer. > > > (8) A reference in this section to a completed form includes a reference to a copy of a completed form, but the copy is to be duly signed on each day as required by subsection (7). > > > (9) Part 4 of the [Oaths Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-020) applies to a declaration made under this section as if it were made under that Act. > > > (10) A reference in in subsections (1), (3)(a) and (4) to a candidate, in relation to a candidate who is included in a group for the purpose of a periodic Council election, is taken to be a reference only to the candidate first in the order, referred to in section 86 (4), in that group. > > **s 119:** Am 2018 No 68, Sch 1.10 \[2\]; 2026 No 6, Sch 1\[53\].