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Paragraph 46E Opening of delivered or collected packets of postal voting documentsF1

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(1)

Sub-paragraph (2) applies to the packets of postal voting documents delivered to or collected by the local returning officer in accordance with paragraph 43(3) or (4) or 46A(1).

(2)

Paragraphs 33(2), 44, 45(6), 47(1) and 48 apply to a packet to which this sub-paragraph applies as if that packet were a postal voters’ ballot box.

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F1

Sch. 2 paras. 46A-46E 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), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(g)