# The Education (Grammar School Ballots) Regulations 1998, Regulation 14: Ballots—supplementary


(1) Each ballot shall be a secret postal ballot.
(2) Each ballot paper shall include a list of the grammar schools to which it relates.
(3) Each parent who falls within regulation 12 shall have one vote (irrespective of the number of children which a parent may have and the number of schools they attend).
(4) The designated body shall secure that, subject to regulation 22(4), the date by which ballot papers must be returned to them shall be—
(a) no later than 10 weeks from the date on which the designated body gave the notification required by regulation 10(1); and
(b) at least 5 weeks from the date on which ballot papers were sent to parents (or if ballot papers were sent on more than one date, the last such date).
(5) Where the designated body have determined the result of a ballot they shall forthwith notify the persons mentioned in regulation 10(2) of that fact, and, where the ballot is in favour of retaining selective admission arrangements, the date on which the moratorium period will expire.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110797515/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-grammar-school-ballots-regulations-1998/regulation-14
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