Paragraph 63 Delivery of documents

(1)

The counting officer shall then forward to the proper officer, within the meaning of section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972^f1, of the local authority for each voting area for which he is the counting officer, the following documents—

(a)

the packets of ballot papers in his possession,

(b)

the statements of rejected ballot papers,

(c)

the list of voters with disabilities assisted by companions, the list of votes marked by the presiding officer and the related statements, and the declarations made by the companions of voters with disabilities, and the list of voters requesting assistance to vote,

(d)

any packets referred to in rule 53 (sealing of lists and contents of receptacles),

endorsing on each packet a description of its contents, the date of the referendum and the name of the voting area to which each packet relates.

(2)

Where—

(a)

any covering envelopes or ballot papers are received by the counting officer after the close of the poll, or

(b)

any envelopes addressed to voters are returned as undelivered too late to be readdressed, or

(c)

any spoilt ballot papers are returned too late to enable replacement ballot papers to be issued,

the counting officer shall put them unopened in a separate packet, seal up such packet and endorse and forward it at a subsequent date in the manner described in paragraph (1).

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Footnotes

f1: 1972 c. 70.