337   Scrutineers

(1)  Each candidate may, by instrument in writing signed by the candidate, appoint scrutineers to be present at each place at which polling is carried out, ballot-papers are scrutinised or votes are counted.

(2)  In the case of candidates belonging to a group, such an appointment may be made by any or all of them.

(3)  A scrutineer, on presentation to an election official of his or her instrument of appointment as scrutineer, is entitled to be present in accordance with his or her appointment under this clause.

(4)  A scrutineer must, on demand by an election official, produce his or her instrument of appointment as scrutineer for inspection.

(5)  A candidate in an election cannot be a scrutineer in relation to the same election or in relation to simultaneous elections in the same area.

(6)  Nothing in this clause entitles a candidate or group to be represented by more than one scrutineer at any one place at which polling is carried out, ballot-papers are scrutinised or votes are counted.

(7)  The separate tables or stations within any building, room or other location at which polling is carried out, ballot-papers are scrutinised or votes are counted are taken to be separate places for the purposes of subclause (6).