REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 89A Preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 89A

  (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 voting 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 shall give notice of the commencement of a preliminary scrutiny as follows:

  (a)   a notice specifying the date, time and place of commencement shall be displayed in a prominent place in the DRO's office;

  (b)   the notice shall be displayed not later than 4 pm on the day before the day of commencement.

  (3)   A preliminary scrutiny for a Division shall be conducted according to the rules set out in Schedule   4.

  (4)   The DRO may, from time to time, adjourn a preliminary scrutiny to a specified day, time and place.

  (5)   For the purposes of this Part, anything done under this section in relation to a referendum shall be taken to be part of the scrutiny in relation to the referendum.