The following provisions of the 1993 Act do not apply to the counting of referendum votes:
(a) sections 160, 172(4) to (7), and 174F (which relate to the appointment and functions of scrutineers); and
(b) sections 174 and 174B (which provide for a preliminary count of votes cast in polling places); and
(c) section 176 (which provides for marked copies of the rolls to be compared).