Paragraph 21 Return of postal ballot papers

(1)

Where—

(a)

a postal vote has been returned in respect of a person who is entered on the postal voters list; or

(b)

a proxy postal vote has been returned in respect of a proxy who is entered on the proxy postal voters list,

the counting officer must mark the list in the manner prescribed by regulations made under the 1983 Act^f1.

(2)

Rule 37(3) does not apply for the purpose of determining whether, for the purposes of this rule, a postal vote or a proxy postal vote is returned.

Annotations

f1: See regulation 84(7) of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341) as amended by S.I. 2006/2910.