{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2001/regulation-73",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2001/regulation-73.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2001/0110190580",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/73",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Envelopes",
  "text": "(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) below prescribe the envelopes which are to be issued to a postal voter in addition to the ballot paper and declaration of identity (which are issued under rule 24 of the elections rules).\n(2) There shall be issued an envelope for the return of the postal ballot paper and the declaration of identity (referred to as a “covering envelope”) which shall be marked with the letter “B”.\n(3) There shall also be issued a smaller envelope (referred to as a “ballot paper envelope”) which shall be marked with—\n(a) the letter “A”;\n(b) the words “ballot paper envelope”; and\n(c) the number of the ballot paper.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rule 24 was substituted by paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2001/0110190580/regulation/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:27:13.652995+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."
}