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Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2020
59Procedure after close of receipt of declaration envelopes and ballot-papers
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59 Procedure after close of receipt of declaration envelopes and ballot-papers
As soon as practicable after 6 p.m. on the day before election day, the election manager must ensure that the following things are done by election officials in the presence of any scrutineer who is present—
(a) open the postal ballot receptacle and remove its contents;
(b) make a record of the number of declaration envelopes received;
(c) if the count is to be conducted at another location, securely transfer the declaration envelopes to the counting place designated by the election manager.