{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-1/rule-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-1/rule-61.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2021/1460",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021",
  "path": "schedule/1/rule/61",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Sealing up of ballot papers at contested elections",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies on the completion of the counting of votes at a contested election.\n(2) The returning officer must seal up in separate packets—\n(a) the counted ballot papers, and\n(b) the rejected ballot papers (including the ballot papers rejected in part).\n(3) The returning officer must not open any packets sealed under rule 51(3) that contain—\n(a) tendered ballot papers,\n(b) completed corresponding number lists,\n(c) certificates surrendered by constables or staff of returning officers under rule 37(4) or (5), or\n(d) marked copies of the registration records and list of proxies.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 61 in force at 17.12.2021, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1460/schedule/1/rule/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:52.467745+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."
}