Paragraph 53 Delivery and retention of documents

(1)

The CRO shall then transfer control to the GLRO of the following documents—

(a)

the packets of ballot papers in his possession,

(b)

the ballot paper accounts and the statements of rejected ballot papers and of the result of the verification of the ballot paper accounts, and

(c)

the packets of counterfoils and certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll,

endorsing on each packet a description of its contents, the date of the election to which they relate and the name of the constituency for which the election was held.

(2)

The CRO shall retain the packets containing—

(a)

the marked copies of registers and of lists of proxies, and

(b)

the tendered votes lists, the lists of voters with disabilities assisted by companions, the lists of votes marked by the presiding officer and the related statements, and the declarations made by the companions of voters with disabilities.

(3)

Any document which has been transferred to the control of the GLRO under this rule shall either—

(a)

be kept by the CRO on behalf of the GLRO; or

(b)

be forwarded by the CRO to the GLRO,

as the GLRO shall decide.

(4)

At an election where the CRO does not discharge the functions referred to in regulation 5 of the Combination of Polls Regulations, paragraph (2) shall not apply.