Presidential Elections (Crisis Management) Regulations 2023
Table of Contents
Enacting Formula
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Citation and commencement
2 Definitions
3 When is a stage of an election disrupted or likely to be disrupted
Part 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS
4 Crisis management powers must be exercised by Returning Officer personally
5 Successive exercise of crisis management powers
6 Modification of Act if crisis management powers exercised
7 Exercise of crisis management powers must be publicised
8 Directions to presiding officers
Part 3 NOMINATION PROCEEDINGS
9 Crisis management powers before start of nomination proceedings
10 Crisis management powers during nomination proceedings
Part 4 POLLING
11 Crisis management power before start of polling
12 Crisis management powers in relation to particular polling stations
13 Supplementary provisions if poll temporarily suspended
14 Supplementary provisions if poll adjourned and postponed
15 Supplementary provisions if poll abandoned and restarted
16 Supplementary provisions if poll closed early
17 Supplementary provisions if poll wholly abandoned
18 Modifications of references to polling day in Act
Part 5 CONVEYANCE OF VOTES
19 Crisis management power if arrival of overseas votes delayed
20 Crisis management response if ballot box lost or destroyed after close of poll
21 Supplementary provisions for regulation 20
Part 6 COUNTING OF VOTES
22 Crisis management powers in relation to counting
23 Supplementary provisions if counting temporarily suspended
24 Supplementary provisions if counting adjourned and postponed
25 Supplementary provisions if counting wholly abandoned
26 Application to pre‑count examination of postal voting papers
Part 7 ADDING OF VOTES
27 Crisis management powers in relation to adding of counted votes
28 Supplementary provisions if adding temporarily suspended
29 Supplementary provisions if adding adjourned and postponed