{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-regional-assembly-and-local-government-referendums-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-regional-assembly-and-local-government-referendums-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110494687",
  "legislation_title": "The Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-regional-assembly-and-local-government-referendums-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Envelopes",
  "text": "(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) below prescribe the envelopes which are to be issued to an elector or proxy in addition to the ballot paper and the security statement.\n(2) There shall be issued a single envelope for the return of the ballot paper and the security statement (referred to as a “covering envelope”) which shall be marked with—\n(a) the number “2”;\n(b) a coloured mark or flash; and\n(c) the ballot number, unless the envelope has a window through which the ballot number on a security statement within can be displayed.\n(3) There shall also be issued a smaller envelope (referred to as a “ballot paper envelope”) which shall be marked on the outside with—\n(a) the number “1”;\n(b) a coloured mark or flash;\n(c) the words “ballot paper envelope”; and\n(d) the ballot number, unless the envelope has a window through which the ballot number on a ballot paper within can be displayed.\n(4) The covering envelope or ballot paper envelope or both may contain a window and may be marked with a barcode provided by a universal postal service provider indicating the postal area for the return of that envelope.\n(5) Where there are combined polls, a single covering envelope and a single ballot paper envelope shall be issued for the joint return of the ballot papers and security statement at the referendums.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110494687/schedule/1/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:23:43.165722+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}