Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019A00002:clause:2_41
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019A00002
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 41
Character Range: 54399–56048

41  Subsections 228(4) and (5)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:

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 into account in the scrutiny.