Regulation 112 Sealing of receptacles

(1)

For petitions in England and Scotland and Wales, as soon as practicable after the completion of the procedure under regulation 111(3) and (4) (checking of lists of rejected signing sheets), the petition officer must make up into separate packets, and seal up such packets, the contents of—

(a)

the receptacle of rejected signing sheets;

(b)

the receptacle of rejected signing sheet envelopes;

(c)

the lists of spoilt, lost or cancelled postal signing sheets;

(d)

the receptacle of rejected signing sheets (verification procedure);

(e)

the receptacle of postal petition statements (verification procedure).

(2)

For petitions in Northern Ireland, as soon as practicable after the completion of the procedure under regulation 108 (opening of signing sheet envelopes) the petition officer must make up into separate packets, and seal up such packets, the contents of—

(a)

the receptacle of rejected signing sheets;

(b)

the receptacle of declarations of identity;

(c)

the lists of spoilt, lost or cancelled postal signing sheets.

(3)

Any document in those packets referred to in paragraph (1) marked “provisionally rejected” is to be deemed to be marked “rejected”.