Paragraph 21

(1)

Immediately after the polling day the Returning Officer shall:—

(a)

ascertain the validity of the votes by examination of the Declarations of Identity in the outer envelopes;

(b)

when the Declarations are in order withdraw the inner envelopes from the outer envelopes and, without opening or marking them, collect them in some place away from the outer envelopes;

(c)

withdraw the voting papers from the inner envelopes; and

(d)

count the votes validly cast for each candidate.

(2)

For the purposes of this paragraph a vote shall be deemed to have been validly cast if, but only if, it has been cast in accordance with paragraph 20 of this Scheme.

Notes on Schedule

Footnotes

f1: 1977 c. 46. Paragraph 2 of the Schedule was amended by S.I. 1999/2781.