Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe Electoral Commissioner may temporarily suspend the polling for a period if the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied that the suspension of polling during that period is justified because of:
(a) riot or open violence; or
(b) the threat of riot or open violence; or
(c) storm, tempest, flood or an occurrence of a similar kind; or
(d) a health hazard; or
(e) a fire or the activation of fire safety equipment (such as sprinklers or alarms); or
(f) any other reason related to:
(i) the safety of voters; or
(ii) difficulties in the physical conduct of the voting.