Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279:clause:1_27:p19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27 (pt 19/40)
Character Range: 73290–75924

that is, or that purports to be, a postal ballot‑paper of the voter must not be admitted in the scrutiny in relation to the election.

       (7) Where an arrangement is in force under rule 77, the Returning Officer must, before 4.00 pm on the day before the day, or before the first day, on which votes are to be taken under that section, cause to be prominently exhibited at his or her office a notice setting out the hospital to which the arrangement relates and the day or days on which, and the time or times at which, votes are proposed to be taken under rule 77.

       (8) As far as is reasonably practicable, votes taken under rule 77 must be taken on the day or days and at the time or times specified in the relevant notice under subrule (6), but any failure to take those votes in that manner does not invalidate the result of the election.

      79  Mobile polling booths — prisons

       (1) The Electoral Commissioner may make arrangements with the Controller‑General of Prisons for a State or Territory for taking the votes of persons confined in prisons in the State or Territory.

       (2) The Returning Officer may appoint electoral visitors and liaison officers for the purposes of this rule.

       (3) If arrangements in force under subrule (1) are applicable to a prison, an electoral visitor must visit the prison for the purpose of taking the votes of persons confined in the prison.

       (4) When visiting a prison, an electoral visitor must:
          (a) take to the prison a ballot‑box, ballot‑papers and anything else necessary for taking votes at the prison; and
          (b) subject to subrule (5), be accompanied by a liaison officer, a polling official and any scrutineers that wish to attend.

       (5) A visit to a prison must be made:
          (a) on the day; and
          (b) at the time; and
          (c) in accordance with the conditions;
      fixed by or under the arrangements applicable to the prison.

       (6) In spite of arrangements in force under subrule (1), a visit to a prison may not be made if the electoral visitor is informed by the officer in charge of the prison or a member of the staff of the prison that the visit is forbidden by the officer in charge because of circumstances related to the security of the prison.

       (7) At the end of a visit by an electoral visitor to a prison, the visitor must, as soon as practicable and in the presence of the polling official and any scrutineers who are in attendance:
          (a) if the Returning Officer has directed the electoral visitor to do so:
             (i) open each ballot‑box used by him or her