91Preservation of ballot‑papers etc.

91  Preservation of ballot‑papers etc.

 (1) As soon as practicable after the *close of the poll, the *Antarctic Returning Officer for each *station must forward to the Electoral Commissioner a copy of the statements prepared by the officer under subsection 79(2) and paragraph 89(c), the envelopes containing spoilt ballot‑papers dealt with under section 88 and the ballot‑papers used for voting at the station.

 (2) The documents to which this subsection applies that are used at or in connection with an election must be preserved in accordance with directions of the Electoral Commissioner for the purposes of this subsection until:

 (a) the election can no longer be questioned; or

 (b) the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the date fixed under section 14 for the notification of the election results;

whichever last occurs.

 (3) Subsection (2) applies to the following documents:

 (a) the statements referred to in subsection 79(2), paragraph 89(c) and paragraph 90(3)(a);

 (b) the ballot‑papers referred to in paragraph 90(1)(b);

 (c) the ballot‑papers prepared by an *Antarctic Returning Officer and used for voting in *Antarctica;

 (d) the envelopes containing spoilt ballot‑papers dealt with under section 88.

Part 7—The scrutiny

Division 1—General

92  Scrutiny

 (1) The result of the polling is to be ascertained by *scrutiny.

 (2) The *scrutiny consists of:

 (a) the preliminary scrutiny (see Division 2); and

 (b) the further scrutiny (see Division 3).