Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279:clause:1_27:p29
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27 (pt 29/40)
Character Range: 98038–100682

relation to a ward must:
          (a) open all parcels or ballot‑boxes in which voter cards and voter card envelopes for the ward have been placed; and
          (b) place in one parcel the voter cards, together with the voter card envelopes to which they relate, that:
             (i) do not bear the name of the voter; or
             (ii) do not bear a properly completed certification by the voter, or a certification made on the voter's behalf under rule 90, as the case may be, that he or she is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander;
           and seal the parcel and endorse on the parcel a description of the contents, the name of the ward and the date; and
          (c) place in another parcel for further scrutiny the voter cards, together with the voter card envelopes to which they relate, to which no objection has been recorded by a liaison officer; and
          (d) place in another parcel the voter cards, together with the voter card envelopes to which they relate, to which an objection has been recorded by a liaison officer and in relation to which a request for review of the liaison officer's decision has been made to the senior liaison officer; and
          (e) place in another parcel the voter cards, together with the voter card envelopes to which they relate, to which an objection has been recorded by a liaison officer and in relation to which no request for review of the liaison officer's decision has been made and seal the parcel and endorse on the parcel a description of the contents, the name of the ward and the date; and
          (f) place in another parcel the voter cards, together with the voter card envelopes to which they relate, that are not signed and dated by the issuing officer in accordance with subrule 83 (2).

       (4) A voter card must not be rejected under subrule (3) solely because it has not been signed and dated by the issuing officer if, before the declaration of the poll, the Returning Officer certifies that the name of the voter appears on a record of voters made by a presiding officer under subrule 85 (3).

       (5) On receiving advice from the senior liaison officer under subrule 88 (7) in relation to the eligibility of voter s whose voter cards and voter card envelopes are held in the parcel referred to in paragraph (3) (d), the officer conducting the scrutiny must:
          (a) in relation to the voter card and voter card envelope of a voter whom the senior liaison officer is satisfied is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander:
             (i) take the liaison officer's objection to be cancelled; and
             (ii) place the