27Appointment of scrutineers

#### 27 Appointment of scrutineers (1) The Governor‑General, or a person authorized by him or her to act under this subsection, may appoint one person to act as a scrutineer during voting at a referendum at each place in Australia where voting is being conducted. (2) The Governor of a State, or a person authorized by him or her to act under this subsection, may appoint one person to act as a scrutineer during the voting at a referendum at each place in that State where voting is being conducted. (2A) The Chief Minister for the Australian Capital Territory, or a person authorised by him or her to act under this subsection, may appoint one person to act as a scrutineer during the voting at a referendum at each place in the Territory where voting is being conducted. (3) The Administrator of the Northern Territory, or a person authorized by him or her to act under this subsection, may appoint one person to act as a scrutineer during the voting at a referendum at each place in the Northern Territory where voting is being conducted. (4) The registered officer of a registered political party may appoint persons to act as scrutineers during voting at a referendum at each place in Australia where voting is being conducted, but not more than one scrutineer for each party shall be allowed at each polling booth at any one time. (4A) A scrutineer appointed under this section must be appointed in the approved form. (5) In this section: > registered officer, in relation to a registered political party, has the same meaning as the expression has in Part XIV of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 by virtue of section 4C of that Act. > registered political party has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.