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AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY SERVICES REGULATION 2015 - REG 63
Receipt of ballot papers
63 Receipt of ballot papers
(1) The returning officer must reject (without opening it) any outer envelope
purporting to contain a ballot paper or ballot papers if the outer envelope is
not received by the returning officer before the close of the ballot or is
received unsealed.
(2) The returning officer must examine the name on the
back of each remaining outer envelope and, without opening the outer envelope:
(a) must provisionally accept any outer envelope and draw a line through the
name on the final roll for the election that corresponds to the name on the
back of the envelope, if satisfied that a person of that name is included in
the roll, or
(b) must reject any outer envelope, if not so satisfied or if a
name, address or signature does not appear on the back of the envelope.
(3)
The returning officer may reject (without opening it) any outer envelope if,
after making such inquiries as the returning officer thinks fit, it appears to
the returning officer that the signature on the back of the outer envelope is
not the signature of the person whose name and address appear on the back of
the outer envelope.
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