(1) An oral application for a postal ballot paper is to include a statement of the surname and given name of the applicant and the address for which the applicant is enrolled.

(2) When an oral or written application for a postal vote is made to an issuing officer, the issuing officer is to make a record of the name of the applicant and the address for which the applicant is enrolled as specified in the application.

(3) The issuing officer is to ¾

(a) assign an identifying number to each oral or written application for a postal vote at the time it is received; and

(b) record the number on the application in the case of a written application and on the record made under subregulation (2) in the case of an oral application.

(4) Each issuing officer is to forward the records of applications compiled by the issuing officer under subregulation (2) to the Electoral Commissioner at intervals directed by the Electoral Commissioner.

(5) Immediately after 6.00 p.m. on the day preceding the day fixed for polling, each issuing officer is to forward to the Electoral Commissioner ¾

(a) every record not yet forwarded under subregulation (4); and

(b) a consolidated record of all applications received and postal ballot papers issued by the issuing officer.