# The Insurance Brokers Registration Council Election Scheme Approval Order 1999, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3030/schedule/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-brokers-registration-council-election-scheme-approval-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-21
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