# The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2013, Regulation 26: Amendments to Schedule 1 to the 2004 Regulations


(1) In Schedule 1, in rule 51 (procedure at verification of ballot paper accounts), paragraph (2)—
(a) at the beginning of sub-paragraph (a) insert “subject to paragraph (2A),”; and
(b) for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—
“(d) the local returning officer verifies the date of birth and the signature of the elector or proxy (as the case may be) under paragraph 63 of Schedule 2.”
(2) In that rule, after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) A postal ballot paper or postal voting statement that reaches the local returning officer or a polling station on or after the close of poll is treated for the purposes of this rule as reaching that officer or polling station before the close of the poll if it is delivered by a person who, at the close of the poll, is in the polling station, or in a queue outside the polling station, for the purpose of returning it.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111101223/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-26
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