Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The scrutiny shall be conducted as follows:
(a) Subject to subsection (3), the scrutiny shall commence as soon as practicable after the closing of the poll (subject to subsection 274(2AA)) ;
(b) Such scrutineers as have been duly appointed pursuant to section 264, and any persons approved by the officer conducting the scrutiny, may be present;
(c) All the proceedings at the scrutiny shall be open to the inspection of the scrutineers;
(d) The scrutiny may be adjourned from time to time as may be necessary until the counting of the votes is complete.
(2) During a scrutiny, the scrutineers must be allowed to inspect, in addition to the preference votes being counted in the scrutiny, any other preference vote given for a candidate unless, in the opinion of the Assistant Returning Officer, DRO or Australian Electoral Officer, as the case may be, this would unreasonably delay the scrutiny.
(3) If the polling is adjourned at any polling place in a Division under section 241 or 242, the scrutiny for the House of Representatives election for that Division must not commence until after the close of the poll for that polling place.