(1) At the first opportunity, the Returning Officer for the district for which the vote was issued shall open the declaration compartment of the envelope and extract therefrom the declaration form.
(2) The Returning Officer must ensure that the declaration form and its envelope are marked with the same unique number.
Regulation 32(2): substituted, on 27 September 2007, by regulation 5 of the Electoral Amendment Regulations 2007 (SR 2007/260).