# The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2015, Regulation 107: Procedure in relation to postal petition statements: personal identifier verification: England and Wales and Scotland


(1) This paragraph applies in the circumstances described in regulation 104(4)(a) (opening of covering envelopes).
(2) The petition officer must satisfy himself or herself that the postal petition statement is duly completed and as part of that process must compare the date of birth and the signature on the postal petition statement against the date of birth and signature contained in the personal identifier record relating to the person to whom the postal signing sheet was addressed.
(3) Where the petition officer is not satisfied that the postal petition statement is duly completed, the officer must mark the statement “rejected”, attach to it the signing sheet envelope, or if there is no such envelope but there is a signing sheet, the signing sheet and place it in the receptacle for rejected signing sheets (verification procedure).
(4) The petition officer must then compare the number on the postal petition statement against the number on the signing sheet envelope and, where they are the same, the officer must place the statement and the signing sheet envelope respectively in the receptacle for postal petition statements (verification procedure) and the receptacle for signing sheet envelopes.
(5) The petition officer must open the signing sheet envelope where—
(a) the number on a valid postal petition statement is not the same as the number on that signing sheet envelope; or
(b) that envelope has no number on it.
(6) Paragraph (7) applies where—
(a) there is a valid postal petition statement but no signing sheet envelope;
(b) the signing sheet envelope has been opened under paragraph (5); or
(c) the signing sheet envelope has been opened under regulation 104(4)(b) (opening of covering envelopes).
(7) In the circumstances described in paragraph (6), the petition officer must place—
(a) in the postal ballot box, any signing sheet the number on which is the same as the number on the valid postal petition statement;
(b) in the receptacle for rejected signing sheets (verification procedure), any other signing sheet, with the valid postal petition statement attached and marked “provisionally rejected”;
(c) in the receptacle for rejected signing sheets (verification procedure), any valid postal petition statement marked “provisionally rejected” where there is no signing sheet;
(d) in the receptacle for postal petition statements (verification procedure), any valid statement not disposed of under subparagraph (b) or (c).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111140604/regulation/107 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2015/regulation-107
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