§ Electoral Act s. 77Powersandduties of counting officers

(1) Thecounting officer for avoting
station or venue for the counting of votesmust co-ordinate and supervisethe counting of votes
and the determination of the result ofthe election at the voting station or venue so as to ensure
that the election at that voting
station or venue is free and fair.
(2) Section 73 (2) to (5), adjusted asmay contextuallybenecessary,applies
powers and duties of a counting officer.
to the
(3) The deputy counting officer for a voting station or venue must act as the counting
officer whenever-
(a)
the counting officer is absent from duty, or for any reason is temporarily unable
to exercisethe powers and perform theduties of the counting officer; or
(b)
the office of counting officer for that voting station or venue is vacant.