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\[19\].