Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A candidate may appoint scrutineers to represent the candidate at the scrutiny.
(2) A candidate is not entitled to be represented at the scrutiny at a particular counting centre by a number of scrutineers that is greater than the number of officers who are engaged in a scrutiny or counting of ballot papers at that centre.
(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), if scrutiny is being conducted at a counting centre by using a computer as mentioned in section 273A (computerised scrutiny of votes in Senate election), the number of officers who are engaged in the scrutiny or counting of ballot papers at the centre is taken to include the number of persons performing the function of second tier data entry operator conducting exception checks at the centre.
(3) The appointment of a scrutineer under this section to represent a candidate at a counting centre:
(a) shall be made by notice in writing signed by the candidate and given or sent to the officer who is to conduct, or is conducting, the scrutiny at the counting centre; and
(b) shall specify the name and address of the scrutineer.
(3A) A person who is present at the scrutiny in the capacity of a scrutineer shall wear a badge, supplied by the Electoral Commission, that identifies the person as a scrutineer.
(4) In this section, counting centre means any premises at which a scrutiny or counting of ballot papers is to be, or is being, conducted.