98Initial dealing with ballot boxes

98 Initial dealing with ballot boxes (1) As soon as practicable after the close of polling for the election, an authorised officer must: (a) open the ballot boxes sent to the Commission or officer in charge of a scrutiny centre under section 59(2)(b) and remove the contents; and (b) sort the contents into: (i) declaration ballot papers completed by electors for each division in the region in which the early voting centre is situated; and (ii) envelopes containing declaration ballot papers by electors for each division in other regions; and (iii) envelopes containing declaration ballot papers completed by unenrolled persons; and (c) place the envelopes mentioned in paragraph (b)(ii) and (iii) in separate parcels; and