Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:266
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 266
Character Range: 531309–532594

266  Preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes
 (1) At any time after receiving any declaration votes, a DRO must conduct preliminary scrutinies of the declaration votes received until:
 (b) all envelopes received by the DRO before the end of 13 days after the close of the poll and purporting to contain postal ballot papers have been dealt with under this section; and
 (c) all other envelopes received by officers prior to the close of the poll and purporting to contain ballot papers bearing declaration votes have been dealt with under this section.
 (2) The DRO must cause to be published on the Electoral Commission's website, and in any other way the DRO considers appropriate, a notice specifying the date, time and place of the commencement of a preliminary scrutiny.
 (2A) The notice must be published not later than 4 pm on the day before the day of commencement of the preliminary scrutiny.
 (3) A preliminary scrutiny for a Division shall be conducted according to the rules set out in Schedule 3.
 (4) The DRO may, from time to time, adjourn a preliminary scrutiny to a specified date, time and place.
 (5) For the purposes of this Part, anything done under this section in relation to an election shall be taken to be part of the scrutiny in relation to the election.