Regulation 108 Opening of signing sheet envelopes

(1)

The petition officer must open separately each signing sheet envelope placed in the receptacle for signing sheet envelopes.

(2)

The petition officer must—

(a)

place in the postal ballot box, any signing sheet the number on which is the same as the number on the signing sheet envelope;

(b)

place in the receptacle for rejected signing sheets, any other signing sheets which must be marked “provisionally rejected” and to which the signing sheets envelope is to be attached;

(c)

place in the receptacle for rejected signing sheet envelopes, any signing sheet envelope which must be marked “provisionally rejected” because it does not contain a signing sheet.

(3)

In the application of this regulation to Northern Ireland—

(a)

references to “provisionally rejected” are to be read as references to “rejected”; and

(b)

in paragraph (2)(c) substitute “receptacle for rejected signing sheet envelopes” with “receptacle for rejected signing sheets”.