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Regulation 102 Receipt of covering envelopes

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(1)

The petition officer must, immediately on receipt (whether by hand or by post) of a covering envelope (or an envelope which is stated to include a postal signing sheet) before the end of the signing period, place it unopened in a postal signers’ ballot box.

(2)

Where an envelope, other than a covering envelope issued by the petition officer—

(a)

has been opened, and

(b)

contains a signing sheet envelope, postal petition statement or declaration of identity (as the case may be), or signing sheet,

the first-mentioned envelope, together with its contents, must be placed in a postal signers’ ballot box.