Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 91

91. (1) At the scrutiny, the following things shall be done:

   (a)  the ballot-papers shall be taken out of the ballot-boxes, examined and
        either allowed or rejected as informal;

   (b)  the number of informal ballot-papers shall be recorded;

   (c)  the votes on the formal ballot-papers shall be counted and a record of
        them taken;

   (d)  when the counting is completed, all the ballot-papers shall be made up
        into separate sealed parcels for all the informal ballot-papers, all
        the ballot-papers containing a vote in favour of the proposed law, and
        all the ballot-papers containing a vote not in favour of the proposed
        law respectively or, if more than one referendum was held on the same
        day, into such parcels as the Electoral Commissioner directs;

   (e)  each Divisional Returning Officer shall, forthwith after completing
        the scrutiny of the ballot-papers taken from the ballot-boxes opened
        by him and making those ballot-papers into sealed parcels, prepare a
        statement showing, in relation to those ballot-papers-

        (i)    the number of votes given in favour of the proposed law;

        (ii)   the number of votes given not in favour of the proposed law;
               and

        (iii)  the number of ballot-papers rejected as informal;

   (f)  each Assistant Returning Officer shall, forthwith after completing the
        scrutiny of the ballot-papers taken from the ballot-boxes opened by
        him, send to the relevant Divisional Returning Officer the sealed
        parcels of ballot-papers together with a statement showing, in
        relation to those ballot-papers-

        (i)    the number of votes given in favour of the proposed law;

        (ii)   the number of votes given not in favour of the proposed law;
               and

        (iii)  the number of ballot-papers rejected as informal.

(2) Ballot-papers used for absent voting pursuant to section 46 shall be dealt
with as provided by this Act.

(3) Ballot-papers used for voting pursuant to Part IV shall be dealt with as
provided by that Part and the regulations.

(4) Ballot-papers used for voting pursuant to sections 37, 38, 39 and 65 shall
be dealt with as provided by those sections and the regulations.