337Scrutineers

#### 337 Scrutineers 337 Scrutineers > > (1) Each candidate may appoint scrutineers to be present at each place at which polling is carried out, ballot-papers are scrutinised or votes are counted. > > > (2) In the case of candidates belonging to a group, such an appointment may be made by any or all of them. > > > (3) The election manager may approve a form that provides for both— > > > > > (a) the appointment of a scrutineer by a candidate, and > > > > > (b) a declaration to be made and signed by the scrutineer. > > > (4) The appointment by a candidate of a scrutineer is to be made in a form approved under subsection (3). > > > (4A) A person appointed as a scrutineer is to make and sign a declaration in a form approved under subsection (3). > > > (4B) A 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 an election official. > > > (4C) The declaration is to be made and signed on each day on which the person intends to act as scrutineer before an election official at the place at which the scrutineer intends to act as scrutineer. > > > (4D) 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 (4C). > > > (4E) 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. > > > (5) A candidate in an election cannot be a scrutineer in relation to the same election or in relation to simultaneous elections in the same area. > > > (6) Nothing in this section entitles a candidate or group to be represented by more than one scrutineer at any one place at which polling is carried out, ballot-papers are scrutinised or votes are counted. > > > (7) The separate tables or stations within any building, room or other location at which polling is carried out, ballot-papers are scrutinised or votes are counted are taken to be separate places for the purposes of subsection (6).