Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:200db
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 200DB
Character Range: 427144–428668

200DB  Provisions relating to scrutineers at pre‑poll voting office
 (1) A person commits an offence if the person:
 (a) is a scrutineer; and
 (b) interferes with or attempts to influence any elector within the pre‑poll voting office.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a scrutineer; and
 (b) the person communicates with someone else in the 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) Subject to subsection (4), a scrutineer must not be prevented from entering or leaving a pre‑poll voting office on a day, and during the hours, declared under paragraph 200BA(1)(b).
 (4) Only one scrutineer for each candidate is entitled to be present in the pre‑poll voting office at any one time. A relieving scrutineer may, however, act during the absence of the scrutineer.
 (5) 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.
 (6) A scrutineer who:
 (a) commits any breach of this section; or
 (b) is guilty of misconduct; or
 (c) fails to obey the lawful directions of a pre‑poll voting officer;
may be removed from the pre‑poll voting office by a member of the Australian Federal Police or of the police force of a State or Territory.

Division 3—Voting by pre‑poll ordinary vote

Subdivision A—Preliminary