Referendums Act 1983

A group of members of Parliament or body with whose authority or by which an argument has been forwarded to the Electoral Commissioner under section 9(1) or (3) may appoint one scrutineer to represent them or it at each place to vote while the votes of electors are being taken.

The appointment of a scrutineer under subsection (1) shall be made by written notice to the returning officer or presiding officer, signed on behalf of the group of members of Parliament or body, giving the name and address of the scrutineer, or without such notice by permission of the returning officer or presiding officer.

Before a scrutineer appointed under subsection (1) acts as a scrutineer, the scrutineer must make a declaration in the presence of the returning officer for the district in which the place to vote is located, or presiding officer for the place to vote, in the approved form.