Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00347:clause:2_14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00347
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 14
Character Range: 59119–59851

14  After subsection 46A(5)
Insert:

 (5A) An envelope referred to in paragraph (5)(c) is received by a DRO within sufficient time to be taken into account in the scrutiny:
 (a) if it is received by the DRO within 13 days after the close of the poll; or
 (b) if:
 (i) it is received by the DRO from another DRO or from a person referred to in subsection (7) or (9) within 13 days after the close of the poll or such longer time as the Electoral Commissioner, before the end of that period, directs in writing; and
 (ii) it bears evidence that it was received, prior to the close of the poll, by that other DRO, by a pre‑poll voting officer, by an Assistant Returning Officer at a place outside Australia or by a presiding officer.