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210APhotographing and recording of voting and scrutiny
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210A Photographing and recording of voting and scrutiny
210A Photographing and recording of voting and scrutiny
(1) A person must not, in a voting centre or ballot counting place, take a photograph or make an audio or video recording.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the taking of a photograph or the making of a an audio or video recording with the permission of the voting centre manager or person in charge of the ballot counting place.
s 210A: Ins 2026 No 6, Sch 1[91].