Paragraph 42 Forwarding of documentsF1
The counting officer must forward to the business registration officer at the same time as the counting officer forwards the documents mentioned in rule 72—
any packets referred to in rules 22(1), 24(1) and (3), 25(6), 26(8), F227(5)(b), 30A(3)(b), 32(10), 41(1) and paragraph (2), endorsing on each packet a description of its contents, the date of the business referendum, the words “neighbourhood planning business referendum” and the name of the neighbourhood area to which the business referendum relates; and
a completed statement of the number of postal ballot papers issued.
Where—
any covering envelopes are received by the counting officer after the close of the poll (apart from those delivered in accordance with rule 27(3));
any envelopes addressed to postal voters are returned as undelivered too late to be readdressed, or
any spoilt postal ballot papers are returned too late to enable other postal ballot papers to be issued,
the counting officer must put them unopened in a separate packet, seal up such a packet and endorse and forward it at a subsequent date in the manner described in paragraph (1).
A copy of the statement referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must be provided by the counting officer to the Secretary of State and the Electoral Commission in the period which starts 10 days after the day of the poll and ends 15 days after that day.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 7 inserted (6.4.2013) by The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/798), regs. 1, 7, Sch. 2
- F2
Words in Sch. 7 rule 42(1)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), reg. 9(5)(g)