Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128:schedule:4:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 4 (pt 4/19)
Character Range: 317201–319868

description of its contents, the name of the Division and the date of commencement of the preliminary scrutiny.
 10. The DRO must divide the envelopes that meet the requirements of paragraph 6 into groups as follows:
 (a) in one group:
 (i) the envelopes bearing certificates or declarations by persons who are enrolled for the State or Territory in which the Division is situated (whether or not for the Division itself); and
 (ii) the envelopes bearing certificates or declarations by persons whose claims for enrolment are claims to which subsection 102(5) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 applies; and
 (iia) the envelopes that, under paragraph 6AA, have been treated as having met the requirements of paragraph 6; and
 (iii) the envelopes to which paragraph 11 of this Schedule applies and that bear certificates or declarations by persons who, at the time of the omission referred to in that paragraph, were living at an address in the State or Territory in which the Division is situated (whether or not in the Division itself);
 (b) in another group, all the other envelopes.
 11. This paragraph applies to an envelope if the DRO is satisfied:
 (a) that the elector who signed a certificate or declaration on the envelope is not enrolled for the Division; and
 (b) after making enquiry:
 (i) that the elector was, at the time of voting, entitled to be enrolled for the Division; and
 (ii) that the omission of the elector's name from the Roll for the Division was due to an error made by an officer or to a mistake of fact.
 12. Subparagraph 11(b) does not apply if:
 (a) more than one election (excluding the election to which the scrutiny relates) has been held since the error or mistake was made; or
 (b) where there has been a redistribution of the State or Territory that includes the Division since the last election but one before the election to which the scrutiny relates, the error or mistake was made before the last such redistribution.
 13. In paragraph 12, election means:
 (a) a general election for the House of Representatives;
 (b) a Senate election not held concurrently with a general election for the House of Representatives; or
 (c) a referendum not held concurrently with a general election.
 14. The DRO shall, without opening the envelopes, subject to the operation of paragraphs 19 and 21, exclude from further scrutiny the ballot papers contained in envelopes referred to in subparagraph 10(b).
 15. The DRO shall seal up in a parcel the envelopes referred to in subparagraph 10(b) and shall write on the parcel a description of the contents, the name of the Division and the date.
 16. The DRO must, without inspecting them