1. The Lieutenant Governor shall assess the authenticity of each list of candidates submitted and of the documents submitted with the list of candidates pursuant to sections R 7 and R 8, and shall record his findings in an accompanying declaration. A model accompanying declaration shall be established by ministerial order.

2. The Lieutenant Governor shall ensure that the Lieutenant Governors of the other public bodies are informed of the lists of candidates by electronic means no later than 18.00 on nomination day.

3. The Lieutenant Governor shall immediately deposit the lists of candidates sent to him pursuant to subsection 2 for public inspection at the clerk to the island executive’s office.

4. The Lieutenant Governor shall ensure that the chairperson of the central electoral committee is informed of the lists of candidates submitted, of the other documents submitted with the lists of candidates, and of the accompanying declarations by electronic means no later than the second day after nomination day. The Lieutenant Governor shall make certified copies of all these documents and keep them until the decision of the central electoral committee, as referred to in section S 2, has become final.

5. He shall also ensure that the sealed packet with the lists, as referred to in section R 11, subsection 2, is delivered by post to the chairperson of the central electoral committee immediately after the procedures referred to in that section have been completed.