344AScrutineers

344A Scrutineers

344A Scrutineers

(1) Candidates may appoint scrutineers under section 337 to be present at the following—

(a) the opening and emptying of a ballot-box,

(b) the receipt and processing of postal vote certificates,

(c) the scrutiny of ballot-papers and the counting of votes.

(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 an activity referred to in subsection (1) is carried out.

(7) The separate tables or stations within any building, room or other location at which ballot-papers are scrutinised or votes are counted are taken to be separate places for the purposes of subsection (6).

s 344A: Am 2024 (327), Sch 1[19].