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Paragraph 46 Receipt of covering envelope

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

(1)

The local returning officer must, immediately on receipt F1by post of a covering envelope (or an envelope which is stated to include a postal vote) before the close of the poll, place it unopened in a postal voters' ballot box.

(2)

Where an envelope, other than a covering envelope issued by the local returning officer—

(a)

has been opened, and

(b)

contains a ballot paper envelope, postal voting statement or ballot paper,

the first-mentioned envelope, together with its contents, must be placed in a postal voters' ballot box.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 2 para. 46(1) substituted (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), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(f)