Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 101

101. Section 130 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-sections (2) and (3) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(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.'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (4) ''polling booth'' (wherever
        occurring) and substituting ''counting centre''; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (5) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(5) In this section, 'counting centre' means any premises at which a
scrutiny or counting of ballot-papers is to be, or is being, conducted.''.