Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279:clause:1_140:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 140 (pt 8/9)
Character Range: 152603–155568

completed, the officer who conducted the scrutiny must:
          (a) parcel, in separate sealed parcels, the following classes of electoral papers received in relation to the election:
             (i) ballot-papers;
             (ii) voter cards;
             (iii) postal voter cards; and
             (iv) pre-poll voter cards; and
          (b) ensure the safe custody of the electoral papers as parcelled until the Electoral Commissioner authorises their destruction.

       (2) The Electoral Commissioner may authorise the destruction of the electoral papers only when:
          (a) a notice is published in the Gazette under s 142Y(2) of the Act for the next election; and
          (b) The electoral papers are no longer required by the Electoral Commission for exercising a function under the Act or these Rules.

      163  Authorised official inquiry

       (1) The Returning Officer may, if authorised by the Electoral Commissioner, open a parcel referred to in rule 162 and remove material from the parcel.

       (2) Any material that has, under this rule, been taken out of a sealed parcel, may be retained by the Returning Officer or dealt with in the manner directed by the Electoral Commissioner.

       (3) Where the purpose has been satisfied for which any material was, under this rule, taken out of a sealed parcel, the Returning Officer must:
          (a) as soon as practicable, replace that material in the parcel from which it was taken and refasten and reseal that parcel; and
          (b) by endorsement on the parcel state that the parcel had been opened by him or her and the purpose for which it had been opened.

       (4) A Returning Officer who opens a sealed parcel under this rule must not mark, alter or in any way deface or permit any other person to mark, alter or deface, any document taken out of the parcel and is responsible for every such document being replaced in the same condition as when it was taken out.

      164  Collection of statistical information

        All electoral papers used at an election may, at any time after an election can no longer be questioned, be dealt with as necessary for the purposes of collecting statistical information required for the conduct of future elections.

      165  Approved forms

       (1)       The Electoral Commissioner may approve forms for these Rules. The approved form must be in writing and must be published by the Electoral Commissioner.
       (2)       If the Electoral Commissioner approves a form for a particular purpose, the approved form must be used for that purpose.

       Example: An approved form might have been published by the Electoral Commissioner on the Electoral Commission's website.

      166  Delegation

        Where under these Rules a power or function is conferred on the Electoral Commissioner, the Electoral Commissioner may by notice in writing delegate that power or function to the Deputy Electoral Commissioner