# The Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021, Rule 36: Return of postal ballot papers

Extent: E+W

(1) Where a postal vote has been returned in respect of a person who is entered on the postal voters list, the returning officer must mark the list in the manner prescribed by regulations under the 1983 Act.
(2) Where a proxy postal vote has been returned in respect of a proxy who is entered on the proxy postal voters list, the returning officer must mark the list in the manner prescribed by regulations under that Act.
(3) Rule 58 does not apply for the purpose of deciding whether, for the purposes of this rule, a postal vote or a proxy postal vote is returned.
(4) 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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1460/schedule/2/rule/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-2/rule-36
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