# The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2014, Regulation 4: Amendments to the 2004 Regulations


(1) Schedule 2 to the 2004 Regulations (absent voting) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraphs 26(6A) (closing date for applications), 31A(1)(a) (notification of rejected postal voting statement) and 67(4)(d) (lists of rejected postal ballot papers) for “returning officer” substitute “local returning officer”.
(3) In paragraph 54A (cancellation of postal ballot papers), after sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“(5) Rule 2 of Schedule 1 applies to the computation of the period of nineteen days for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) as it applies to the computation of a period for the purposes of rule 1 of that Schedule.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111109939/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-4
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