Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 89A

             (1)  At any time on or after the last Monday before the close of voting in a Division, the DRO shall conduct such preliminary scrutinies as he or she considers necessary until:

                     (a)  all written applications for postal votes have been produced;

                     (b) all envelopes received by the DRO before the end of 13 days after the close of voting and purporting to contain postal ballot-papers have been dealt with under this section; and

                     (c)  all other envelopes received by officers prior to the close of the poll and purporting to contain ballot-papers bearing declaration votes have been dealt with under this section.

             (2)  The DRO shall give notice of the commencement of a preliminary scrutiny as follows:

                     (a)  a notice specifying the date, time and place of commencement shall be displayed in a prominent place in the DRO's office;

                     (b)  the notice shall be displayed not later than 4 p.m. on the day before the day of commencement.

             (3)  A preliminary scrutiny for a Division shall be conducted according to the rules set out in Schedule 4.

             (4)  The DRO may, from time to time, adjourn a preliminary scrutiny to a specified day, time and place.

             (5)  For the purposes of this Part, anything done under this section in relation to a referendum shall be taken to be part of the scrutiny in relation to the referendum.