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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-referendums-regulations-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-44",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2031",
  "legislation_title": "The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-referendums-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/44",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Sealing up of ballot papers",
  "text": "(1) On the completion of the counting at a referendum the counting officer must seal up in separate packets the counted and rejected ballot papers.\n(2) The counting officer must not open the sealed packets of—\n(a) tendered ballot papers;\n(b) the completed corresponding number lists;\n(ba) the completed ballot paper refusal list;\n(c) certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll; or\n(d) marked copies of the register of electors (including any marked copy notices issued under section 13B(3B) or (3D) of the 1983 Act) and lists of proxies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 rule 44(2)(ba) inserted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 64(14) (with reg. 1(6)(7))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2031/schedule/3/paragraph/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:23:04.114380+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}