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Paragraph 29 Return of postal ballot papers

(1)

Where—

(a)

a postal vote has been returned in respect of a person who is entered on the postal voters list, or

(b)

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 made under the 1983 Act M1.

(2)

Rule 45(3) does not apply for the purpose of determining whether, for the purposes of this rule, a postal vote or a proxy postal vote is returned.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1

See regulation 84A of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341) as inserted by S.I. 2006/2910.

Notes on Schedule 2

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 2 heading omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of The Local Elections (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/263), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 8(2) (with reg. 12(d))