(1) As soon as practicable after the count has been completed, the Electoral Commissioner must declare the result of the election by announcing the name or names of the persons elected.
(2) The Electoral Commissioner must give public notice of the declaration of the result of the election--(a) in a newspaper circulating in New South Wales, or(b) on the Electoral Commission's website.
(3) The Electoral Commissioner is to endorse the name or names of the persons elected on the writ concerned and return the writ to the Governor, or Speaker, as the case may require, within the specified time.