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Paragraph 1 Interpretation

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For the purposes of this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “agent” includes an election agent and a person appointed to attend in the election agent’s place,

  • “ballot paper envelope” and “covering envelope” mean the envelopes referred to in paragraph 10,

  • “issue” includes the original and any subsequent issue,

  • “list of postal proxies” means the list kept under article 12(9),

  • “postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper issued to a postal voter,

  • “postal voter” means a voter who is entitled to vote by post (and includes a postal proxy),

  • “postal voters' ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in paragraph 12,

  • “receptacle for ballot paper envelopes” and “receptacle for declarations of identity” mean the receptacles referred to in paragraph 17(4), “receptacle for postal ballot papers” means the receptacle referred to in paragraph 16(4) and “receptacle for rejected votes” means the receptacle referred to in paragraph 17(2), and

  • “spoilt postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper referred to in paragraph 14(1).