21Voting in private

21 Voting in private (1) On receipt of the ballot paper, the person must, without delay: (a) go to an unoccupied voting compartment at the voting centre; and (b) there, in private, mark the person's vote on the ballot paper; and (c) fold the ballot paper to conceal the vote and, without unfolding it: (i) if there is a designated ballot box at the voting centre for the local government area or ward for which the person has cast a vote – place it in that ballot box; or (ii) otherwise – hand the folded ballot paper to an authorised officer to be dealt with under subregulation (2); and (d) leave the voting centre. (2) An authorised officer who is handed a ballot paper under subregulation (1)(c)(ii) must, in the presence of the person, without unfolding the ballot paper: (a) place it in an envelope bearing the name of the person's enrolled local government area or ward and the name of the voting centre; and (b) seal the envelope and place it in a ballot box at the voting centre. (3) Subregulations (1) and (2) are subject to regulations 50 and 51.