75Forwarding of certificate envelopes

75  Forwarding of certificate envelopes

 (1) A person who is required by paragraph 74(e) to deal with a *certificate envelope in accordance with this section must:

 (a) place in a parcel the certificate envelopes relating to a particular *Division together with records a DRO, AEO, Assistant DRO or *Assistant Returning Officer has made under paragraph 74(d) relating to that Division, endorse on the parcel the number of the envelopes, seal up the parcel and forthwith deliver it, or cause it to be delivered, to the DRO for that Division or, with the approval of the AEO for the State or Territory that includes that Division, to another person to be dealt with in accordance with subsection (2); and

 (b) forward to the last‑mentioned DRO advice in writing of the total number of certificate envelopes enclosed in the parcel delivered or to be delivered to the DRO.

 (2) Each DRO must:

 (a) maintain a record of the particulars of the advice, and of the number of *certificate envelopes received from other DROs, from AEOs, Assistant DROs, from persons referred to in subsection (3) or from *Assistant Returning Officers; and

 (b) keep in safe custody until the *scrutiny, all certificate envelopes purporting to contain a ballot‑paper:

 (i) delivered to the DRO before the *close of the poll; or

 (ii) received from another DRO, from an AEO, Assistant DRO or from a person referred to in subsection (3), where the certificate envelope bears evidence that it was received by that DRO or AEO before the close of the poll; or

 (iii) received from an *Assistant Returning Officer who has been appointed in respect of a place outside Australia as provided for in subsection 72(2).

 (3) Where *certificate envelopes or records relating to a particular *Division are, with the approval of the AEO for the State or Territory that includes that Division, delivered to a person other than the DRO for that Division, that person must, as soon as practicable, deliver them, or cause them to be delivered, to that DRO.

 (4) Nothing in this section requires all of the *certificate envelopes to be delivered in the same parcel.