Australian Capital Territory
Electoral (Computer Program) Approval 2016*
Notifiable instrument NI2016–538
made under the
Electoral Act 1992, s118A(1) (Approval of computer program for electronic voting and vote counting)
1	Name of instrument
	This instrument is the Electoral (Computer Program) Approval 2016.
2	Commencement 
	This instrument commences on the day after it is notified.
3	Approval
	I approve the Electronic Voting and Computing System (eVACS®) to allow electronic voting and to perform steps in the scrutiny of votes in an election. 
eVACS® means the computer program used by the ACT Electoral Commission for electronic voting and vote counting in an election. 
A certified copy of the program is held on 5 CD-ROMS (entitled eVACS® Election Server v7.02.27, eVACS® Polling Place Server v7.02.27, eVACS® Polling Place Client v7.02.27, eVACS® Data Entry Client v7.02.27, eVACS® Documentation and Source Code for Audit v7.02.27) certified by the Electoral Commissioner and kept at the office of the ACT Electoral Commissioner, 197 London Circuit, Canberra City, ACT.
4	Revocation
	This instrument revokes NI2012-464.

Phillip Green
Electoral Commissioner

21 September 2016