Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:228:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 228 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 492580–495491

(i) cause the envelopes to be delivered to the other Divisional Returning Officer; and
 (ii) forward to the other Divisional Returning Officer advice in writing of the total number of envelopes delivered to that Divisional Returning Officer.

Obligations on DROs in relation to declaration votes
 (3) Each Divisional Returning Officer to whom advices or envelopes are forwarded under subsection (2) or (2A), or who deals with advices or envelopes under subsection (2A), must:
 (a) maintain a record of the particulars of the advices, and of the number of envelopes bearing certificates or declarations, received from each Assistant Returning Officer and pre‑poll voting officer; and
 (b) until they are dealt with under another provision of this Act, keep the envelopes so received in one or more securely fastened containers; and
 (c) compare the record referred to in paragraph (a) with the envelopes received and note any discrepancies.
 (3A) After receiving envelopes in accordance with subparagraph 195A(6)(b)(iii), each DRO:
 (a) must compare the records received by the DRO in accordance with that subparagraph with the envelopes and note any discrepancy; and
 (b) except as necessary for the purposes of paragraph (a), keep the envelopes in one or more securely fastened containers until the envelopes are dealt with under other provisions of this Act.

DROs to forward declaration votes to the appropriate DROs
 (4) A Divisional Returning Officer must do the following in relation to envelopes bearing certificates or declarations dealt with under this section:
 (a) place in a parcel all the envelopes bearing certificates or declarations that relate to a particular Division;
 (b) endorse on the parcel the number of envelopes;
 (c) seal up the parcel and cause the parcel to be delivered to the Divisional Returning Officer for that Division to be dealt with in accordance with subsection (5);
 (d) forward to that Divisional Returning Officer advice in writing of the total number of envelopes bearing certificates or declarations enclosed in the parcel delivered to that Divisional Returning Officer.

Obligations on DROs who receive declaration votes under subsection (4) or (9)
 (5) Each Divisional Returning Officer for a Division to whom advices, or envelopes bearing certificates or declarations, are forwarded under subsection (4) or (9) must:
 (a) maintain a record of the particulars of the advices, and of the number of envelopes bearing certificates or declarations, received under that subsection; and
 (b) maintain a securely fastened container and identify it as a declaration vote container; and
 (c) keep in that container, until the scrutiny, all envelopes bearing a certificate or declaration and purporting to contain a ballot paper recording a declaration vote in relation to the Division that, in accordance with subsection (5A), are received within sufficient time to be taken