Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00690:reg:23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00690
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 23
Character Range: 12384–13297

23  Conduct of scrutiny
 (1) The scrutiny of a poll of an election must be conducted in the following way:
 (a) it must commence as soon as practicable after the close of the poll;
 (b) all scrutineers and any persons approved by the returning officer may be present;
 (c) all the proceedings must be open to the inspection of the scrutineers;
 (d) the scrutiny may be adjourned from time to time as may be necessary until the counting of the votes is completed.
 (2) The returning officer must ascertain the result of the election in accordance with the procedure set out in Schedule 2.
 (3) If a computer program is used to perform steps in the scrutiny as mentioned in paragraph 9(b), the requirement of paragraph (1)(c) of this section is satisfied if the scrutineers are entitled to:
 (a) be present when the program provides the results of the steps to the returning officer; and
 (b) inspect the results.