Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM REGULATION 2016 (F2016L00399) - REG 23

             (1)  As soon as the close of the poll for all Divisions, an Assistant Returning Officer must:

                     (a)  open each ballot-box mentioned in paragraph 19(4)(e); and

                     (b)  sort the envelopes, unopened, into bundles corresponding to Divisions.

             (2)  An Assistant Returning Officer must forward each bundle to a Divisional Returning Officer for the appropriate Division for the conduct of a scrutiny.

             (3)  A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person:

                     (a)  is not an Assistant Returning Officer, or a person performing tasks under the direction of an Assistant Returning Officer; and

                     (b)  does something mentioned in subsection (1) or (2).

Penalty:  5 penalty units.