97Rules for conduct of preliminary scrutiny

97  Rules for conduct of preliminary scrutiny

 (1) Before beginning a preliminary scrutiny, the DRO must produce, unopened, all *certificate envelopes that have been received by the DRO and that have not already been dealt with in a preliminary scrutiny.

 (2) The DRO must divide the envelopes into groups as follows:

 (a) a group consisting of the envelopes that meet the requirements of subsection (3);

 (b) a group consisting of the envelopes that do not meet those requirements.

 (3) An envelope meets the requirements of this subsection if the DRO is satisfied that:

 (a) in the case of an envelope, other than an envelope sent under section 63 to an *elector who was registered on the grounds specified under paragraph 184A(2)(e) or (f) of the CEA—the certificate has been signed by the voter in accordance with paragraph 69(1)(a); and

 (b) in the case of an envelope sent under section 63 to an elector who was registered on the grounds specified under paragraph 184A(2)(e) or (f) of the CEA—the certificate has been signed on behalf of the voter in accordance with paragraph 69(1)(a); and

 (c) in the case of an envelope purporting to contain a ballot‑paper recording a vote cast at a *station in *Antarctica—the envelope is signed in accordance with subsection 90(1).

 (4) The DRO must, without opening the envelopes, exclude from further scrutiny the ballot‑papers contained in envelopes that do not meet the requirements of subsection (3).

 (5) The DRO must:

 (a) seal up in parcels the envelopes that have been excluded from further scrutiny under subsection (4); and

 (b) must write on each parcel a description of its contents, the name of the *Division and the date.

 (6) The DRO must divide the envelopes that meet the requirements of subsection (3) into groups as follows:

 (a) in one group, the *certificate envelopes of persons who are on the *list of electors for the State or Territory or whose claims for enrolment are claims to which subsection 102(4A) of the CEA applies;

 (b) in another group, the certificate envelopes to which subsection (7) applies;

 (c) in another group, the certificate envelopes of persons who are not on the list of electors for the State or Territory and to which subsection (7) does not apply.

 (7) This subsection applies to a *certificate envelope if the DRO is satisfied:

 (a) that the person who signed the certificate envelope is not on the *list of electors for the State or Territory; and

 (b) after making enquiry:

 (i) that the person was, at the close of the Rolls for the election, entitled to be on the list of electors for the State or Territory; and