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Paragraph 44 Notice of opening of postal ballot paper envelopes

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The local returning officer must give to each candidate not less than 48 hours' notice in writing of each occasion on which a postal voters' ballot box and the envelopes contained in it is to be opened.

(2)

Such a notice must specify—

(a)

the time and place at which such an opening is to take place, and

(b)

the number of agents a candidate may appoint under paragraph 33 to attend each opening.