Regulation 30 Postal voting documents returned in ballot paper envelopes relating to the other relevant election

(1)

If the returning officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a ballot paper envelope relating to a relevant election contains a postal voting document relating to the other relevant election, they may open the envelope.

(2)

If the returning officer opens a ballot paper envelope under paragraph (1) or under regulation 88(1) of the 2008 Regulations or paragraph 17B(1) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order^f1 and finds a postal voting document relating to the other relevant election, they must deal with the document in accordance with the relevant provision in paragraph (3).

(3)

The relevant provision is—

(a)

if the postal voting document relates to the relevant Assembly election, regulation 87(8) of the 2008 Regulations;

(b)

if the postal voting document relates to the relevant local election, paragraph 17A(8) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order^f2.

(4)

In this regulation, “postal voting document” and “ballot paper envelope” have the meanings given in—

(a)

in respect of the relevant Assembly election, regulation 70(1) of the 2008 Regulations^f3;

(b)

in respect of the relevant local election, paragraph 1(1) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order^f4.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Paragraph 17B was inserted (by way of substitution) by S.I. 2002/2835.
f2: Paragraph 17A was inserted (by way of substitution) by S.I. 2002/2835.
f3: Regulation 70(1) was renumbered and amended by S.I. 2024/319.
f4: Paragraph 1(1) was renumbered and amended by S.I. 2024/382.