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Paragraph 1 Interpretation

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

  • “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 11,

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

  • “list of postal proxies” means the list kept under article 12(8),

  • “postal ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in paragraph 17(1)(b),

  • “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 17(1)(a),

  • “receptacle for ballot paper envelopes”, and other references to specified receptacles, means the receptacles referred to in paragraph 17(5), and

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