Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128:section:73cb
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 73CB
Character Range: 158922–160277

73CB  Provisions relating to scrutineers
 (1) A person commits an offence if the person:
 (a) is a scrutineer appointed under section 73CA; and
 (b) interferes with or attempts to influence any elector within a pre‑poll voting office.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a scrutineer appointed under section 73CA; and
 (b) the person communicates with someone else in a pre‑poll voting office; and
 (c) the communication is not reasonably necessary for the discharge of the person's functions as a scrutineer.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
 (3) A scrutineer appointed under section 73CA must not be prevented from entering or leaving a pre‑poll voting office on a day, and during the hours, declared under paragraph 73AA(1)(b).
 (4) A person who is in a pre‑poll voting office in the capacity of a scrutineer must wear a badge, supplied by the Electoral Commission, that identifies the person as a scrutineer.
 (5) A scrutineer appointed under section 73CA who:
 (a) commits any breach of this section; or
 (b) is guilty of misconduct at a pre‑poll voting office; or
 (c) fails at a pre‑poll voting office to obey the lawful directions of a pre‑poll voting officer;
may be removed from the polling booth by a constable.

Division 3—Voting by pre‑poll ordinary vote

Subdivision A—Preliminary