Rule 23 Corresponding number listI1

The returning officer must prepare a list (“the corresponding number list”) in accordance with this rule.

The corresponding number list must be in two parts.

Part 1 must contain the numbers and unique identifying marks of all ballot papers to be issued in pursuance of rule 28(1) (postal ballot papers).

Part 2 must contain the numbers (but not the unique identifying marks) of all ballot papers to be provided in pursuance of rule 32(1) (provision of ballot boxes and ballot papers at polling stations).

The corresponding number list must be in the form set out in Appendix 3 or a form to the like effect.

Where the returning officer is not the co-ordinating returning officer, see also regulations 4 and 5 of the Combination of Polls Regulations (which provide for circumstances in which the functions of the returning officer under this rule are to be discharged by the co-ordinating returning officer).