76Function of liaison officers

76 Function of liaison officers

(1) The liaison officer must decide whether, on the balance of probability, the voter who has presented him or her with their voter card envelope under paragraph 75 (e) is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander.

(2) For the purposes of subrule (1), the liaison officer may ask each person who has presented him or her with their voter card envelope such questions as the liaison officer considers necessary to establish that the person is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander.

(3) Where a liaison officer decides that a person who has presented him or her with their voter card envelope is not an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander the liaison officer must record the details in the Record of Liaison Officer’s Objections and sign the record.

(4) The liaison officer must then hand the envelope back to the voter who must deposit the envelope in the ballot box.

(5) Where the liaison officer records details under subrule (3), the liaison officer must advise the voter:

(a) that the voter may seek a review of the liaison officer’s decision by a regional panel assembled under subrule 77 (5); and

(b) of the procedures by which the review process can be instigated; and

(c) that the voter’s ballot‑paper will not be admitted to the scrutiny unless the regional panel decides that the voter is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander.