Paragraph 20

(1)

Paragraph 8 (ballot paper envelope) is amended as follows.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

For “elections rules” substitute “Local Elections Rules”;

(b)

for “marked” substitute “referred to as a”; and

(c)

omit “bearing the number of the ballot paper”.

(3)

After sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)
The covering envelope shall be marked with the letter “B”.

(1B)
The ballot paper envelope shall be marked with—

(a)
the letter “A”;

(b)
the words “ballot paper envelope”; and

(c)
the number of the ballot paper, unless the envelope has a window through which the number on the ballot paper (or ballot papers) can be displayed.”.

(4)

After sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)
In paragraphs 17A and 17B, a reference to the number on a ballot paper envelope includes, in the case of an envelope of the kind referred to in paragraph (1B)(c), a reference to the number that is displayed through the window in that envelope.”.